U.S. District Court, Maryland 

Posted: 1:00 am Fri, January 28, 2005
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<button><b><font face="arial">Criminal Procedure</font></b></button><b><i>Calculation of good time credits under 18 U.S.C. §3624(b)</i></b><b>BOTTOM LINE:</b> Procedure used by Federal Bureau of Prisons to calculate good time credits was improper under 18 U.S.C. §3624(b).<b>CASE:</b> Williams, McCray, Moes and Johnson v. DeWalt, Civil Action Nos. AW-04-2732; AW-04-3316; AW-04-3361 and AW-04-3414 (decided December 30, 2004) (Judge WILLIAMS). RecordFax No. 4-1230-40, 15 pages.<b>FACTS:</b> Phillip Williams, Stefan McCray, Robert John Moes, and John Henry Johnson (collectively, Inmates), all inmates confined at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland, individually filed cases, challenging the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ method of computing good time credits. The cases were subsequently consolidated.