--- title: "Tapia v. United States" citation: "564 U.S. 319 (2011)" authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-TAPIA-564-US-319" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding" official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-564/pdf/USREPORTS-564-319.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-TAPIA-564-US-319/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Tapia v. United States ## Holding or rule used A court may not impose or lengthen imprisonment to promote rehabilitation. ## Material limitation Use only for the bounded proposition in the linked canonical module; offense-specific, record-specific, circuit-specific, later-proceeding, and negative-treatment questions remain separate where identified. ## Official source and pinpoints 564 U.S. 319 (2011), 564 U.S. 326–35: ## Used in - [Presentence Investigation, Guidelines, and Sentencing Hearing](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/40-sentencing/presentence-guidelines-and-sentencing-hearing.md) - [Supervised Release, Judgment, and Sentence Correction](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/40-sentencing/supervised-release-judgment-and-correction.md) - [Detainers, Prison Discipline, Good-Time Consequences, and RDAP](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/detainers-discipline-and-rdap.md) - [Supervised Release Violations, Rule 32.1, Revocation, and Sentencing](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/90-supervised-release-and-reentry/violations-rule-32-1-revocation-and-sentencing.md)