United States v. Sir Ford

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
DecidedJanuary 22, 2019
Docket18-30693
StatusUnpublished

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Case: 18-30693 Document: 00514803554 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/22/2019

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

United States Court of Appeals

No. 18-30693 Fifth Circuit

FILED Summary Calendar January 22, 2019 Lyle W. Cayce UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

SIR MASTER FORD,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 5:17-CR-269-1

Before SMITH, WIENER, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Sir Master Ford appeals the sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release. He contends that the district court erred in denying him credit for the time he served between his May 1, 2018 arrest and May 21, 2018 revocation. The district court lacked jurisdiction to compute Ford’s credit under 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b) for previous time served because the Attorney General and

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. Case: 18-30693 Document: 00514803554 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/22/2019

No. 18-30693

the Bureau of Prisons are responsible for computing this credit. See United States v. Wilson, 503 U.S. 329, 334-37 (1992); United States v. Hankton, 875 F.3d 786, 792 (5th Cir. 2017). Accordingly, the judgment is REFORMED to remove the statement “[n]o credit shall be granted for time served.” The judgment is otherwise AFFIRMED.

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United States v. Wilson
503 U.S. 329 (Supreme Court, 1992)
United States v. Thomas Hankton
875 F.3d 786 (Fifth Circuit, 2017)

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