18 U.S.C. § 4041
Bureau of Prisons; director and employees
The Bureau of Prisons shall be in charge of a director appointed by and serving directly under the Attorney General. The Attorney General may appoint such additional officers and employees as he deems necessary.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1952–2025 · leading case: Trump v. United States
Trump v. United States (2024)
“18 U. S. C. § 4041 . Cite as: 603 U. S. 593 (2024) 649 Thomas, J.”
Turkmen v. Hasty (2015)
“See 18 U.S.C. § 4041 . We have also found one unpublished' district court decision that concludes that the Attorney General and employees of a BOP facility cannot conspire together under Section 1985.”
Steven Guerra v. Edwin Meese, III (1986)
“But their argument extends to any person or entity possessing some sort of power to release them. Under appellees’ theory, the Attorney General of the United States could be considered the custodian of every prisoner in federal custody because he supervises the Federal Bureau of…”
Arizona ex rel. Arizona Department of Transportation v. United States (1978)
“Additional support for plaintiffs view can be derived from 18 U.S.C. §§ 4041 and 4042. The latter section places the management and regulation of all federal penal and correctional institutions under the control of the Bureau of Prisons, while the former statute entrusts…”
United States v. Ko (2014)
“See 18 U.S.C. §§ 4041 , 4042(a); United States v.”
United States v. Alvin Smith (2006)
“18 U.S.C. § 4041 (c)(4), 18 U.S.C. ch. 110; USSG § 5D1.”
Roman v. Ashcroft (2001)
“§ 103(c) (Commissioner’s powers delegated to him by the Attorney General); 18 U.S.C. § 4041 (the director of the B.O.”
Trump v. United States (2024)
“18 U. S. C. §4041 . Cite as: 603 U. S. ____ (2024) 7 THOMAS, J.”
United States v. Richard Savage (2013)
“” 18 U.S.C. § 4041 (emphasis added); see also id.”
United States v. Donald G. Richardson (1982)
“18 U.S.C. §§ 4041 , 4042. Therefore, a person confined in such an institution or facility by direction of the Attorney General (category [2]) would also be “in the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative” (category [1]).”
Bono v. Saxbe (1978)
“Defendant, Norman Carlson, is the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and is charged pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4041 and 28 C.F.R. Subpart Q with the responsibility of administering the federal prisons.”
State of Az v. Christopher George Theodore Lamar (2005)
“325 (1930) (“there is hereby established in the Department of Justice a Bureau of Prisons”); see also 18 U.S.C. § 4041 (Supp.2004) (“The Bureau of Prisons shall be in charge of a director appointed by and serving under the Attorney General.”
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