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_________ P E R C UR I AM A ppel l antA ar on G r aham appeal s pr o s e fr om the D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s or derdeny i ng h is pe ti ti o n fo r a w ri t of h ab ea s co rpu s p u rsua n t t o 2 8 U . S . C . § 2 2 4 1 . T h e D istri ct C o u rtG r aham’ s fede r al s ent ence comm ence d on M ay2, 2005. 1 2 r ej ect ed G r aham’ s cont ent i on t hathe had notbeen c r edi t ed fort i m e he s penti n cus t ody p ri o r t o h is fed era l sen tenc ing fo r ba n k rob b eryp u rsua n t t o 1 8 U . S . C . § 3 5 8 5 (b). W e have j ur i s di ct i on pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 1291. W e r evi ew de novo a di s t r i ct c o u rt ’s d e n ia l o f

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in d th a t G ra h a m ’s a p p e a l p re se n ts n o su b sta n tial q u e stio n , w e w ill s um m ar i l yaff

i r m t he D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s j udgm ent . See Thi r d C i r cui tL . A . R . 27. 4 and I . O . P. 10. 6. W e n e e d n o t re p e a t th e b a c k g ro u n d o f th is c a se o r th e d e tails o f G ra h a m ’s c laim h ere as th eyare w ell -kn o w n to the p arti es a n d are su m m arized in the D istri ct C o u rt ’s m emora ndum . Fors ubs t ant i al l yt he r eas ons s t at ed bythe D i s t r i ctC our t , w e conc l ude that G r aham’ s 28 U . S. C . § 2241 pet i t i on w as pr oper l ydeni ed. I n br i ef, as expl ai ned bythe D istric t C o u rt, G ra h a m h a s a lre a d yre c e iv e d c re d it t o w a rd s h is f e d e ra l se n ten c e f

o r h is pr i orcus t odyfr om A ugus t27, 2003 t hr ough N ovember9, 2003, and fr om Sept ember12, 2004 thr ough M ay1, 2005. T he r emai ni ng t i m e per i od i n ques t i on – N ovember10, 2003 1 thr ough Sept ember11, 2004 – w as pr evi ous l ycr edi t ed t o t he s ervi ce of a s t at e s ent ence , a n d th e re f

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e d e ra l s e n te n c e w o u ld c o n s titu te a n im p ro p e r d o u b le c re d it. See 18 U . S. C . § 3585( b) . See al s o R i os v. W i l ey , 201 F. 3d 257, 272 ( 3d C i r . 2000) (sup erse d ed b ystatu te on o ther g rou n d s). F o r th ese rea so n s, w e w il l aff irm the D istri ct C o u rt ’s ord er.