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Cordero v. Benov

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 22, 2014
574 F. App'x 788 (9th Cir. 2014)

Opinion

Submitted May 13, 2014

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 32.1)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. D.C. No. 1:11-cv-00243-LJO. Lawrence J. O'Neill, District Judge, Presiding.

Luis Morant Cordero, Petitioner - Appellant, Pro se, Taft, CA.

For Michael L. Benov, Respondent - Appellee: Heidi Adams, Attorney, Robert A. Ford, Esquire, Attorney, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark J. McKeon, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Usf - Office of The U.S. Attorney, Fresno, CA; Dale Patrick, Esquire, Taft Correctional Institution, Litigation Coordinator, Taft, CA.


Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Federal prisoner Luis Morant Cordero appeals pro se from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court's denial of a section 2241 habeas petition, see Reynolds v. Thomas, 603 F.3d 1144, 1148 (9th Cir. 2010), abrogated on other grounds by Setser v. United States, 132 S.Ct. 1463, 182 L.Ed.2d 455 (2012), and we affirm.

Cordero argues that he is entitled to credit toward his federal sentence for the time spent in custody between April 30, 2004 and July 29, 2005. We disagree. The state retained primary jurisdiction over Cordero from the time he was arrested in April 2004 until he was paroled in May 2006, including the time he spent in federal custody pursuant to a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum, see Taylor v. Reno, 164 F.3d 440, 445 (9th Cir. 1998), and his federal sentence did not commence until May 22, 2006, when he was received in federal custody. See 18 U.S.C. § 3585(a); Taylor, 164 F.3d at 445. He is not entitled to federal credit for the period prior to July 29, 2005, because the record reflects that the state credited this time toward his state sentence. See 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b); Allen v. Crabtree, 153 F.3d 1030, 1033 (9th Cir. 1998) (section 3585(b) disallows double crediting for time served).

Cordero also contends that the Bureau of Prisons (" BOP" ) abused its discretion by denying his request for nunc pro tunc designation of the state facility where he served his state sentence. The record reflects that the BOP considered the statutory factors and did not abuse its discretion in denying Cordero's request. See 18 U.S.C. § 3621(b); Reynolds, 603 F.3d at 1151-52. Setser v. United States, 132 S.Ct. 1463, 182 L.Ed.2d 455 (2012), does not require a different result.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Cordero v. Benov

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 22, 2014
574 F. App'x 788 (9th Cir. 2014)
Case details for

Cordero v. Benov

Case Details

Full title:LUIS MORANT CORDERO, Petitioner - Appellant, v. MICHAEL L. BENOV…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: May 22, 2014

Citations

574 F. App'x 788 (9th Cir. 2014)

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