Brian Collins v. Warden, United States Penitentiary, Victorville
Privacy
Was the Ninth Circuit wrong to conclude that the federal government consented to a transfer of primary jurisdiction at the end of its sentence, when no individual in the federal executive with authority to consent to such a transfer ever manifested such consent, and when the BOP Administrative Adjudicator opined that the federal government maintained primary jurisdiction at that point?
Question Presented Was the Ninth Circuit wrong to conclude that the federal government consented to a transfer of primary jurisdiction at the end of its sentence, when no individual in the federal executive with authority to consent to such a transfer ever manifested such consent, and when the BOP Administrative Adjudicator opined that the federal government maintained primary jurisdiction at that point? ii