Opinion ID: 382291
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Heading: remission issue

Text: 5 Canadian documents submitted by both parties indicate that Boyden was entitled to 1,827 days of statutory remission as of the date of his transfer to the United States. Boyden does not dispute the accuracy of this credit under Canadian law, 10 but does contest the reduction of his entitlement to a figure that is proportionate to the term of his sentence actually served in Canada. Boyden apparently contends that 18 U.S.C. § 4105(c)(1) entitles him to the entire amount of his Canadian remission in addition to the U.S. statutory remission available for the portion of his sentence to be served in the United States. 6 Neither the statute's plain meaning nor the purpose of Congress expressed in the legislation as a whole (18 U.S.C. § 4100 et seq.) persuades us that appellant is correct. 11 Section 4105(c)(1) provides that the transferred prisoner shall be entitled to all credits that had been given ... for time served as of the time of transfer. (Emphasis added). This entitlement is expressly limited to that portion of the sentence already served. Moreover, the second sentence of section 4105(c)(1) explains the limitation contained in the first sentence by providing for the substitution of a U.S. credit for the balance of the term to be served in the United States. The proration of remission credit is consistent with the Treaty 12 and companion legislation 13 that make the completion of a transferred prisoner's sentence subject to the law of the United States. Therefore we hold that the apportionment of a transferred prisoner's remission credit is consistent with 18 U.S.C. § 4105(c) (1). Under these circumstances, Boyden's claim did not require a hearing.