Judge Randolph D. Moss said Brian Edward Moore appeared to have already received the release-related relief he sought and had previously lost on similar arguments.
What happened
A Washington, D.C., federal judge denied without prejudice D.C. Code offender Brian Edward Moore's bid to force the Federal Bureau of Prisons to apply First Step Act credits and release him, saying Moore appeared to have already received the relief he sought and had previously lost on the same issues.
U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss granted Moore leave to proceed in forma pauperis but wrote that the court "DENIES the petition without prejudice" for two reasons. The opinion says Moore was no longer in BOP custody as of Feb. 27, 2026, according to the BOP Inmate Locator.
Moore, identified by the court as a D.C. Code offender who was in BOP custody when he filed, asked the agency to apply credits he said he had earned under the First Step Act together with D.C. Code § 24-403.01b. He sought immediate release from custody.
The court also pointed to a prior New Hampshire case in which Moore was found not to have met requirements tied to FSA credits for early release or supervised release placement and not to have successfully completed a BOP residential treatment program. Judge Moss said Moore appeared to have raised the same issues, and lost, in that earlier civil action.
The ruling leaves Moore's petition dismissed without prejudice, with a separate order issued. The limited opinion excerpt does not include any government response, the separate order, or the underlying petition, leaving the record too thin to assess whether Moore could try to revive the request on a different procedural footing.