Taylor

Miguel Lawayne Taylor appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition. Taylor’s petition sought an order directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to designate an Oregon Department of Corrections facility for service of his federal sentence nunc pro tunc 1 to May 10, 1993, thereby giving effect to an allegedly concurrent state sentence. Taylor contends that the Bureau of Prisons’ denial of the request for designation was based on an invalid policy statement that he argues is contrary to the governing statutory law. He contends alternatively that the denial violates principles of dual sovereignty, comity, federalism, and full faith and credit.

The district court denied Taylor’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. Taylor appeals. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On June 10, 1992, Miguel Taylor was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon for conspiring to distribute, and for distributing, crack cocaine. He was arraigned on August 3, 1992 and later released into the community. While on release, Taylor entered a guilty plea in the federal district *1146 court, admitting that he had distributed…