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P E R C UR I AM A l vi n C oner l yappea l s t he D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s or derdeny i ng hi s pet i t i on fi l ed pur s uant to 2 8 U . S . C . § 2 2 4 1 . In h is pe ti ti o n , C o n erlych all en g ed the B u rea u o f P ri so n ’s c a lcu latio n o f

h is s e n ten c e a n d a lleg e d th a t h e w a s e n tit led to c re d it fo r tim e sp e n t in t empora r yfede r al cus t odyand i n s t at e cus t ody . T he D i s t r i ctC our tdeni ed hi s pet i t i on, a n d C o n e rlyf

iled a tim e lyn o tice o f

a p p e a l. W e h av e jurisdicti o n u n d er 2 8 U . S . C . § 1 2 9 1 . O u r rev iew o f th e D istri ct C o u rt ’s l egal concl us i ons i s pl enary , and w e r evi ew i t s fi ndi ngs of fa ct s forcl earerr or . See R ug giano v. R ei sh, 30 7 F . 3d 12 1, 12 6 (3d C i r. 20 02 ). T he p rocedu ral his t oryof thi s case and the det ai l s of C oner l y ’ s cl ai m s ar e w el l - know n t o t he part i es , s etfor t h i n t he D i s t r i ct C our t ’ s opi ni on, and nee d notbe r epea t ed her e. O n appea l , C oner l ycont ends t hat a p p e lle e w a iv e d a n yd e f e n s e to h is c la im b yf

a ilin g to tim e ly re s p o n d to it. W e d is a g re e . C oner l yal s o ar gues t hathe i s ent i t l ed t o cr edi ton hi s fede r al s ent ence fort he t i m e s erved on hi s s econd s t at e s ent ence beca us e thi s s ent ence forcons pi r acyand bank r obberyw as b a s e d o n th e s a m e o f

f e n s e o r a c ts a s th e f

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o r r a c k e te e ri n g . H o w e v e r, a R I C O offe ns e i s nott he s ame as t he under l y i ng pr edi cat e ac tand ca n be pr os ecut ed and sen tenc ed sep ara tel y . S ee U n it ed S tat es v . P u n g it o re, 91 0 F . 2 d 1 0 8 4 (3d C ir . 1990) ( al l ow i ng pr os ecut i on fora R I C O offe ns e af t erconvi ct i on fort he under l y i ng pr edi cat e off

ens e) ; U ni t ed St at es v. G r ay s on, 795 F. 2d 278, 283 ( 3d C i r . 1986) ( al l ow i ng s epar at e pr os ecut i ons and cumul at i ve puni s hm ent s forR I C O offe ns e and unde r l y i ng3

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en se.). F o r th e a b o v e re a so n s, a s w e ll as th o se se t f o rth b yth e D istric t C o u rt, w e w ill af firm the D istri ct C o u rt ’s D ec em b er 2 0 , 2 0 0 4 , o rde r.