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U.S. v. Fenton

United States District Court, D. Maine
Sep 18, 2008
577 F. Supp. 2d 458 (D. Me. 2008)

Summary

discussing an appeal of a BOP administrative decision concerning the IFRP and noting that “such a challenge must be brought as a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the district in which the defendant is incarcerated”

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Opinion

No. 02-CR-57-P-S.

September 18, 2008.

Coleman J. Fenton, Terre Haute, IN, pro se.

Donald E. Clark, Evan J. Roth, U.S. Attorney's Office, Portland, ME, for Plaintiff.

David R. Beneman, Federal Defender's Office, Portland, ME, for Defendant.


ORDER ON MOTION FOR MODIFICATION OF RESTITUTION


Before the Court is Defendant's Motion for Modification of Restitution (Docket # 117). Having reviewed all submissions in connection with the Motion, the Court hereby DENIES the Motion for Modification.

Having reviewed the Defendant's written submissions and given the Defendant's continuing incarceration, the Court does not find any material change in the Defendant's economic circumstances that affects the Defendant's ability to pay restitution. Thus, there is no basis for a modification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3664(k). To the extent that Defendant's Motion can be read to argue that the Court's April 3, 2003 Judgment (or the June 21, 2004 Amended Judgment) improperly delegated the schedule of restitution payments to the Bureau of Prisons, the Court believes that this argument is without merit and untimely. Finally, to the extent that Defendant's Motion can be read to argue that the Bureau of Prisons is somehow not complying with the regulations that govern the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, such a challenge must be brought as a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the district in which the defendant is incarcerated.

SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

U.S. v. Fenton

United States District Court, D. Maine
Sep 18, 2008
577 F. Supp. 2d 458 (D. Me. 2008)

discussing an appeal of a BOP administrative decision concerning the IFRP and noting that “such a challenge must be brought as a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the district in which the defendant is incarcerated”

Summary of this case from United States v. Tedrow

noting that a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, brought in the district of incarceration, is the appropriate procedure for a challenge that the Bureau of Prisons has not complied with regulations governing the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP)

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Case details for

U.S. v. Fenton

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, v. Coleman J. FENTON, Defendant

Court:United States District Court, D. Maine

Date published: Sep 18, 2008

Citations

577 F. Supp. 2d 458 (D. Me. 2008)

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