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Parties Involved:
T. C. Outlaw
Appellee
Dana Thompson
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Donovan W. Frank, United States District Judge for the

District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable

Jonathan G. Lebedoff, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2601

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Dana Thompson, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Minnesota.

T. C. Outlaw, Warden, FCI Waseca, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: July 7, 2005

Filed: July 15, 2005

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Before MELLOY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Federal inmate Dana Thompson appeals the district court’s1

 dismissal of his 28

U.S.C. § 2241 petition. Following our de novo review, see United States v. Lurie,

207 F.3d 1075, 1076 (8th Cir. 2000), we agree with the district court that the federal

Bureau of Prisons (BOP) properly concluded that Thompson was ineligible for early

release based on his robbery conviction, and that he could not pursue his

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Administrative Procedure Act-based claim because he failed to exhaust relevant

administrative remedies. See Lopez v. Davis, 531 U.S. 230, 242-44 (2001) (holding

that 28 C.F.R. § 550.58 is reasonable interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)(2)(B) both

in taking account of preconviction conduct and in making categorical exclusions);

United States v. Chappel, 208 F.3d 1069, 1069 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam)

(affirming district court’s dismissal--for failure to exhaust administrative remedies--of

inmate’s § 2241 petition seeking an order addressing right to pretrial credit against

federal sentence); Zachar v. Tippy, 202 F.3d 1039, 1044 (8th Cir. 2000) (upholding

denial of early release to inmate who completed Residential Drug Abuse Program

because his earlier conviction in California for aggravated assault, which was listed

in § 550.58, met the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting definition); 28 C.F.R.

§ 550.58(a)(1)(iv) (as exercise of discretion vested in director of BOP, inmates who

have prior felony or misdemeanor conviction for, inter alia, robbery are not eligible

for early release).

Accordingly, we affirm under 8th Cir. Rule 47B.

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