Source: http://ca10.washburnlaw.edu/cases/2007/02/06-1389.htm
Timestamp: 2019-02-22 09:02:47
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2241', '§ 3621', '§ 1291', '§ 922', '§ 3621', '§ 2241']

06-1389 -- Iverson v. Rios -- 02/07/2007
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BRYAN J. IVERSON,
No. 06-1389
Respondent-Appellee. (D.C. No. 06-CV-1223-ZLW)
Bryan Iverson, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court's denial of the habeas corpus petition he filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Iverson has provided documentation he has been approved to participate in the Bureau of Prisons' ("BOP") Residential Drug and Alcohol Program ("RDAP") but was advised he would not be eligible for a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e) even if he successfully completed the program. Iverson challenges the BOP's determination. Exercising jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm the district court's denial of relief.
Iverson pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Iverson argues he is eligible for the § 3621(e) sentence reduction because (1) his conviction is nonviolent and (2) his offense conduct did not involve the use or possession of a firearm during the commission of a separate felony, and thus Lopez does not apply. Accordingly, he asserts the BOP's categorical denial of the sentence reduction was error.
In Martin v. Rios, this court considered and rejected the argument Iverson now presents. 472 F.3d 1206, 1207 (10th Cir. 2007) ("[Petitioner] misreads Lopez insofar as he claims that it does not apply when [his] offense involved mere possession of a firearm."). Consequently, we affirm the denial of Iverson's § 2241 petition.
URL: http://ca10.washburnlaw.edu/cases/2007/02/06-1389.htm.