Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Anthony Edward WALKER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-06-05
Citations: 66 F. App'x 187
Docket Number: No. 02-1385
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Anthony Edward WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TACHA, Chief Judge, PORFILIO and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 66
Pages: 187–188

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Anthony Edward WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-1385.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
June 5, 2003.
Before TACHA, Chief Judge, PORFILIO and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
In this direct criminal appeal, James Walker seeks only credit against his federal sentence for time served in federal custody prior to his conviction. 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b) provides, among other things, credit against a sentence "for any time . spent in official detention prior to the date the sentence commences . that has not been credited against another sentence." Nonetheless, under § 3585(b), "it is the Attorney General who computes the amount of the credit after the defendant begins his sentence." United States v. Wilson, 503 U.S. 329, 333, 112 S.Ct. 1351, 117 L.Ed.2d 593 (1992). The district court is not authorized to award this credit at sentencing. See id.; see also United States v. Jenkins, 38 F.3d 1143, 1144 (10th Cir.1994). The judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado is, therefore, AFFIRMED.
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.