Littlefield v. Caton

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

GENE CARTER, District Judge.

In this action, Petitioner, who is imprisoned in Maine’s Downeast Correctional Facility, seeks relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He asserts that the Department of Correction’s revocation of some of the good time awarded him during the early part of his sentence and some earned subsequently constitutes a violation of his rights under the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution. Petitioner has exhausted his state remedies.

I

In January 1976 Petitioner was sentenced to eight-and-one-half to…