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Cancellation of BOP Elderly Offender Pilot Program Moots Appeal
Cancellation of BOP Elderly Offender Pilot Program Moots Appeal
by Michael Brodheim
On July 11, 2013, in an amended ruling, the Ninth Circuit dismissed as moot the appeal of a federal prisoner who had been denied entry into a pilot program that allowed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) ...
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