Sabil M. Mujahid v. Charles A. Daniels, Warden

Sabil Mujahid appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (“BOP” or “Bureau”) interpretation of the maximum good time credit a federal prisoner can receive under 18 U.S.C. § 3624 (b). Mujahid asserts that the Bureau’s interpretation, which allows a prisoner serving a ten-year sentence to earn a maximum of 470 days credit, contradicts the statute’s stated allowance of 54 days of credit per year. We affirm.

I

The facts relevant to this appeal are not in dispute. In 1995, the United States District Court for the District of Alaska sentenced Mujahid to ten years imprisonment, plus three years supervised release, upon his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1) (felon in possession of a firearm). He began his term in custody on March 21 of that year.

In 2002, while incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon (“FCI-Sheridan”), Mujahid filed this challenge to the Bureau’s interpretation of the good time statute. Mujahid’s petition, which he filed in the District of Oregon, named as respondent the warden at FCI-Sheridan. The magistrate judge reviewing the petition disagreed with the…