Is a convicted rapist entitled to credit for time served in state custody until after his sentence has been sentenced in federal court?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Galindo v. Salazar, No. 2:17-cv-0302-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2018):

federal authorities so that the sending state's jurisdiction over the accused continues uninterruptedly.") (citing Crawford v. Jackson, 589 F.2d 693, 695 (D.C. Cir. 1978)). Thus, petitioner is not entitled to credit for time served from April 5, 2004 until January 29, 2006 - a period before he was sentenced in federal court. Schleining, 642 F.3d at 1249-1250 ("Because a prisoner can receive GCT credit under 18 U.S.C. 3624(b) only on time he has served on his federal sentence, and his federal sentence does not begin under 18 U.S.C. 3585 until he has been sentenced in federal court, [petitioner] is not eligible for GCT credit for the 21 months he spent in state custody serving a state sentence before imposition of his federal sentence on July 8, 2005 . . . .").

Additionally, 18 U.S.C. 3585(b) explicitly states that:

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