Legal Opinion
Anthony F. Sisbarro v. Warden, Massachusetts State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 8, 1979No. 78-1381PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Appellant, a Massachusetts state prisoner, was incarcerated originally in Massachusetts State Prison at Walpole. In May of 1974, he was transferred to the Connecticut State Prison at Summers, and then in January of 1975, to the United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. A year later, he was moved once again, this time to the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he currently is imprisoned as a contract prisoner from Walpole.
Appellant filed a pro se complaint in the district court alleging that these transfers were punitive, that they were…
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