U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Nov. 9, 2011
No appeal for prisoner who wanted to be closer to home
A 9th Circuit panel held Monday that a judicial recommendation on prison housing is not part of a sentence and cannot be appealed.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - A confessed Los Angeles-area methamphetamine dealer got nowhere when he asked a district judge to send him to a Southern California prison so he could serve the 15-year term closer to his family.
And the man got no further at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel on Monday didn't just unanimously back U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real, it also decided a matter ...
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