---
title: "Multiple sentences of imprisonment"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3584"
authority_id: "AUTH-USC-18-3584"
authority_type: "statute"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding"
official_url: "https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3584"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-USC-18-3584/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Multiple sentences of imprisonment

## Holding or rule used

Concurrent and consecutive presumptions, § 3553(a) consideration, and administrative aggregation.

## Material limitation

Use only for the bounded proposition and limitations in the linked canonical modules. Individual custody, computation, program, placement, administrative, circuit, and remedy facts remain separate.

## Official source and pinpoints

18 U.S.C. § 3584, § 3584(a)–(c): <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/3584>


## Used in

- [BOP Designation, Sentence Commencement, Aggregation, and Prior-Custody Credit](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/80-sentence-execution-and-bop/designation-sentence-computation-and-prior-custody-credit.md)
