Amos v. Segal
- Katherine Menendez
- 0:23-cv-01282
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Amos v. Segal, Judge Menendez denied Amos’s time-credit petition, accepted the recommendation, and dismissed the action without prejudice.
Tristan Amos’s petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ eligibility decision was denied, and the action was dismissed without prejudice.
What happened
In Amos v. Segal, Tristan Amos challenged the Bureau of Prisons’ decision that she could not receive time credits under the First Step Act because of her conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
A magistrate judge recommended denying the petition. Amos did not object by the deadline, so the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error and found none.
Judge Katherine M. Menendez accepted the recommendation, denied the petition, and dismissed the action without prejudice.
The detailed version
- Amos v. Segal · No. 0:23-cv-01282
- Katherine Menendez
- Sept. 27, 2023
Background
Tristan Amos filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, a court request challenging the legality of a person’s custody or related detention conditions. Amos alleged that the Bureau of Prisons unlawfully decided she was ineligible for time credits under the First Step Act because she was convicted of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois issued a Report and Recommendation on July 5, 2023, recommending that the petition be denied. The deadline for objections was July 19, 2023, and Amos filed none.
Court’s Review
Because no objections were filed, the court reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear error rather than conducting a de novo review of disputed portions. The court stated that, after reviewing the record, it found no error, clear or otherwise.
Disposition
The court accepted the Report and Recommendation, denied the petition, and dismissed the action without prejudice. The opinion does not provide an independent analysis of whether Amos was legally entitled to the First Step Act time credits; it adopts the recommendation after clear-error review.
Judge
The order was signed by United States District Judge Katherine M. Menendez on September 27, 2023.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.