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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Arkansas, adopting the findings and recommendations of the Honorable

John F. Forster, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of

Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2213

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Henry David Potwin, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the Eastern

v. * District of Arkansas.

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Linda Sanders, Warden, FCI-FC, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: August 15, 2007

Filed: August 16, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Federal inmate Henry Potwin appeals the district court’s1

 order dismissing his

28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, in which he claims that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

improperly denied him credit toward his federal sentence for time previously served

while in state custody. Potwin claims, among other things, that at his federal

sentencing hearing the court ordered the BOP to credit him the time served. 

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We agree with the district court that Potwin’s argument fails because the time

at issue had been credited by the State of Texas to his state parole-violation sentence

and may not be double counted. See 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b) (“A defendant shall be

given credit toward the service of a term of imprisonment for any time he has spent

in official detention prior to the date the sentence commences . . . that has not been

credited against another sentence.”); United States v. Wilson, 503 U.S. 329, 337

(1992) (§ 3585(b) makes clear that defendant cannot receive double credit for

detention time). We also agree with the district court that the Attorney General

through the BOP (not the sentencing court) has the authority to award credit under

section 3585(b) for time served. See id. at 333-36; cf. United States v. Bradley, 978

F.2d 1029, 1030-31 (8th Cir. 1992) (vacating district court’s orders denying

defendants credit for time served in state custody because BOP had authority to make

determination and had concluded credit was deserved).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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