United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT September 5, 2006
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 05-10694
Summary Calendar
VEODIS BURNETT,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
COLE JETER, Warden,
Respondent-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
(4:05-CV-84)
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Before SMITH, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Petitioner-Appellant Veodis Burnett, federal prisoner # 18162-
112, was convicted on several heroin charges and sentenced to serve
100 months in prison. He appeals the district court’s denial of
his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging the method used by the
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to calculate his good-time credits under 18
U.S.C. § 3624(b). He argues that the BOP’s failure to apply basic
rules of statutory construction in interpreting § 3624(b) will
result in his loss of 58 days of good-time credits.
Our decision in Moreland v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 431
F.3d 180, 184-89 (5th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 1906
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
(2006), forecloses Burnett’s claim. In Moreland, we rejected
similar claims that the BOP had failed to interpret § 3624(b) in
accordance with basic principles of statutory construction, and we
held that the statute unambiguously directs the BOP to calculate
good time credits in the manner used in this case. See Moreland,
431 F.3d at 186-89.
AFFIRMED.
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