Opinion
2:19-cr-00133-APG-VCF
07-10-2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RENEA BARNES, Defendant.
ORDER [ECF No. 438]
ANDREW P. GORDON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Defendant Renea Barnes submitted a letter (which I will treat as a motion) “respectfully asking if [I] would consider requesting that [she] receive additional halfway house time.” ECF No. 438. I presume she wants me to recommend an early transfer from prison to a residential reentry center. Decisions about the location and nature of custody (including early placement at a halfway house) are delegated to the Bureau of Prisons (BoP). Thus, I have no authority to make such a request. If the BoP feels Ms. Barnes is a good candidate for additional time in a halfway house, I do not object.
I THEREFORE DENY Ms. Barnes' motion (ECF No. 438), but I do not oppose the Bureau of Prisons granting such relief.