should be credited against his sentence. A magistrate judge recommended that his petition be denied, and the district court adopted that recommendation. This appeal ensued. Dawson has completed his term of incarceration; he currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama, and is serving his period of supervised release. II. DISCUSSION A. Statutory Interpretation “The judiciary is the final authority on issues of statutory construction,” Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. National Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 843 n. 9, 104 S.Ct. 2778, 2781 n. 9, 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984); “[w]e review a district court’s interpretation and application of a statute de novo,” F.D.I.C. v. S & I 85-1, Ltd., 22 F.3d 1070, 1071 (11th Cir.1994). See James v. United States, 19 F.3d 1, 2 (11th Cir.1994) (per curiam) (<HOLDING>). To interpret a statute administered by an
holding that whether a statute affects sentencing is a question of law subject to de novo review holding that whether a statute has been properly construed is a question of law subject to de novo review recognizing that the constitutionality of a statute is a question of law subject to de novo review holding that review of the construction of a sentencing statute is de novo holding statutory interpretation is subject to de novo review