US v. Jose Tapia

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 26-6406

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JOSE MIGUEL TAPIA, a/k/a Jose Miquel Tapia, a/k/a Jose Tappia,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
James K. Bredar, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cr-00357-JKB-1)

Submitted: July 23, 2026 Decided: July 28, 2026

Before WYNN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jose Miguel Tapia, Appellant Pro Se. David Christian Bornstein, Assistant United States
Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jose Miguel Tapia, who is currently serving a federal revocation sentence, appeals
the district court’s order construing his letter “as a motion seeking the judicial award of
good time” and denying the motion for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. We
have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. See Carmona v. U.S. Bureau of
Prisons, 243 F.3d 629, 632-34 (2d Cir. 2001) (holding that, absent showing of cause and
prejudice, inmate must first exhaust administrative remedies before filing habeas petition
challenging calculation of good time credits). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s
order. United States v. Tapia, No. 1:15-cr-00357-JKB-1 (D. Md. Mar. 20, 2026). We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED