Legal Opinion
Robert Brennan v. Michael J. Cunningham, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 3, 1987No. 86-1877PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Michael J. Cunningham, warden of the New Hampshire State Prison, appeals from summary judgment on a habeas corpus petition in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The court reinstated the appellee, prisoner Robert Brennan, in a work release program at the Manchester Community Correction Center (the halfway house). Brennan had been removed from the program and transferred back to prison under circumstances which the district court viewed as a violation of due process.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1966, Brennan pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the…
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