Opinion ID: 610986
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Heading: The Sentence Credit Issue.

Text: 36 On June 23, 1989, Neary was sentenced to ten years in the Iowa state penitentiary. That same day, he was transported to South Dakota to answer these federal charges, and he remained in federal custody until he was sentenced by the district court on October 30, 1989. Neary contends that the BOP erred in refusing to credit this time in federal custody against his federal sentence. The parties agree that if this time was credited against his Iowa sentence, Neary is not entitled to credit on his federal sentence. See 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b). 37 In denying Neary's request for administrative relief, the BOP stated: You were given jail time credit by the state of Iowa from 2/15/89 [when he was arrested in Iowa] until you were sentenced 06/23/89. Records of the Iowa District Court attached to Neary's pro se brief on appeal confirm this statement, but they do not address whether Neary's subsequent time in federal custody was credited against his state sentence. 38 The district court concluded that 06/23/89 in the BOP ruling was a typographical error, because defendant was not sentenced on June 23, 1989. He was sentenced on October 30, 1989. However, the district court overlooked the fact that Neary was sentenced for the Iowa offense on June 23, 1989. We know that Iowa credited his time in state custody before June 23 against his state sentence, but we do not know whether Iowa credited his time in federal custody after June 23 against that sentence. Furthermore, we cannot discern from its ruling whether BOP even considered this issue. Therefore, this issue is also remanded with instructions that the district court seek clarification as to why BOP denied Neary credit for the period from June 23 to October 30, 1989. 39 The judgment of the district court is reversed, the sentence is vacated, and the case is remanded for further sentencing proceedings consistent with this opinion.