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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 25 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Ziya K. Koray v. Frank Sizer United States Bureau of Prisons Attorney General of the United States.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ziya K. Koray v. Frank Sizer United States Bureau of Prisons Attorney General of the United States Anchor | green | “merely internal guidelines that may be altered by the bureau at will.” | 6 |
| 2 | LaSorsa v. Spears | green | “prisoner convicted of a nonviolent offense” | 4 |
| 3 | Fristoe v. Thompson | green | “would permit the bop to treat nonviolent offenders as though they were convicted of a violent offense, undermining the express language of the statute.” | 3 |
| 4 | Fristoe v. Thompson | green | “courts typically do not consider” | 3 |
| 5 | Victor M. Roussos v. Frederick Menifee, Warden | green | “is eligible in the absence of his conviction for a nonviolent offense or a crime of violence, neither of which occurred.” | 3 |
| 6 | LaSorsa v. Spears | green | “a prisoner convicted of a nonviolent offense” | 3 |
| 7 | LaSorsa v. Spears | green | “certainly has, under the statute, the ability to deny early release to prisoners, the attendant circumstances of whose convictions involved weapons possession, ... even though they were not convicted of a weapons offense.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.