Lopez v. Jeter

Ignacio Champion Lopez, federal prisoner # 15603-077, appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. He challenges the district court’s conclusion that he received credit on his state sentence for the time he spent in federal custody pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum. He argues that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment when it amended the sentencing court’s judgment by denying the orally ordered credit to his sentence.

Evidence in the record supported the district court’s factual determination that Lopez received credit on his state sentence for the time spent in federal prison pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum. Thus, this determination was not clearly erroneous. See Free v. Miles, 333 F.3d 550, 552 (5th Cir. 2003). Nor did the district court err in finding as a matter of law that Lopez was not entitled to the credit he sought. Time spent by a prisoner in federal custody for the purpose of appearing in federal court via a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum is not counted towards the federal sentence if that time was credited toward his state sentence. United States v. Brown, 753 F.2d 455, 456 (5th Cir. 1985); 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b).

AFFIRMED.