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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Cr. No. S-00-0205 WBS

Plaintiff, Civ. No. S-06-1561 WBS

v. ORDER

JAVIER HERRERA,

Defendant.

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Defendant Javier Herrera has filed a Motion for Time

Reduction, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, upon the ground that,

because of the fact he is not a citizen of the United States, he

has been denied the benefit of a one year reduction of his

sentence by way of being placed in a halfway house on early

release.

It appears that defendant applied for the Residential

Drug Abuse Program, but is ineligible for a sentence reduction

upon completion of that program because the Immigration and

Naturalization Service has lodged an immigration detainer

against him.

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The Ninth Circuit has held that this kind of rule

excluding prisoners with detainers from sentence reduction

eligibility does not violate the Constitution because it is

"rationally related to the BOP's legitimate interest in

preventing prisoners from fleeing detainers while participating

in community treatment programs." McLean v. Crabtree, 173, F.3d

1176, 1186 (9th Cir. 1999). Following McLean, Judge Levi denied

the petition of a prisoner making a similar claim in United

States v. Madrigal-Madrigal, 2005 WL 221930, *1 (E.D. Cal.

September 14, 2005).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendant's Motion for

Time Reduction, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, be and the same

hereby is, DENIED.

DATED: October 27, 2006

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