United States of America Ex Rel. John Butler v. James A. Thomas, Warden, Rikers Island Prison, New York

440 F.2d 992

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John BUTLER, Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

James A. THOMAS, Warden, Rikers Island Prison, New York,

Respondent-Appellant.

No. 731, Docket 35814.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued March 17, 1971.

Decided April 27, 1971.

Stanley Buchsbaum, New York City (J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel of City of New York, of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

William E. Hellerstein, New York City (Milton Adler, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellee.

Before MOORE and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and TIMBERS,1 District judge.