Legal Opinion
Dorssart v. Blackwell
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 31, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 11277PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
Petitioner is presently confined in the United States penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is serving a one-year sentence imposed by the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He has alleged that his confinement in a penitentiary, when his sentence is for no more than one year, is in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 4083 and is therefore illegal.
Section 4083 reads as follows:
“Persons convicted of offenses against the United States or by courts-martial punishable by imprisonment for more than one year may be confined in any United States penitentiary.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Emil Richard Yates v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Copeland v. ArcherCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
- United States ex rel. Ormento v. Warden, United States Penitentiary, LeavenworthUnited States District Court for the District of Arkansas · 1963
3Cited by1 opinion
- Jesse James Robinson v. G. F. McCune Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976