Case Name: Curtis L. PEOPLES Petitioner-Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-10-24
Citations: 78 F. App'x 956
Docket Number: No. 03-40468
Parties: Curtis L. PEOPLES Petitioner—Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DEMOSS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 78
Pages: 956–957

Head Matter:
Curtis L. PEOPLES Petitioner—Appellant, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS Respondent—Appellee.
No. 03-40468.
SUMMARY CALENDAR.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 24, 2003.
Curtis L. Peoples, #03440-016, US Penitentiary, Beaumont, TX, pro se.
Michael Wayne Lockhart, US Attorney’s Office, Beaumont, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM, and DEMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
GARZA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we review the district court's decision to dismiss Petitioner-Appellant, Curtis Peoples' (hereinafter "Peoples"), 28 U.S.C. § 2441 petition. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court's decision.
I.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Peoples is currently serving sentences imposed under the District of Columbia Code and the United States Code for a term of 80 years and 4 months to life. Peoples alleges that the Federal Bureau of Prisons miscalculated his good time credits, industrial work assignment credits, and educational credits which would adjust his parole eligibility date. Peoples pursued the proper administrative remedies and then filed suit in the district court. The district court denied Peoples' petition and this appeal timely followed.
III.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
This court reviews the district court's determinations of law regarding People's § 2241 petition de novo. Royal v. Tom-bone, 141 F.Bd 596, 599 (5th Cir.1998). We review the district court's findings of fact for clear error. Id.
III.
LIBERTY INTEREST IN PAROLE ELIGIBILITY DATE
Habeas relief is available for rights secured under the laws of the United States. Malchi v. Thaler, 211 F.3d 953, 957 (5th Cir.2000). Convicted persons have no constitutional right to be conditionally released before the expiration of a valid sentence. Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and, Corr. Complex, 442 U.S. 1, 7, 99 S.Ct. 2100, 60 L.Ed.2d 668 (1979).
We also look to the statues of the District of Columbia to determine whether a prisoner has a constitutionally protected liberty interest in being released on parole, and therefore, whether he has a constitutionally protected liberty interest in the determination of his parole eligibility date. Board of Pardons v. Allen, 482 U.S. 369, 373-74, 107 S.Ct. 2415, 96 L.Ed.2d 303 (1987). The District of Columbia statutory scheme does not create an expectancy of release that rises to the level of a constitutionally protected liberty interest. Ellis v. District of Columbia, 84 F.3d 1413, 1415 (D.C.Cir.1996). Thus, Peoples has no liberty interest in his parole eligibility date and habeas relief is not warranted. Malchi, 211 F.3d at 957.
IV.
CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
. Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.