United States v. Richard T. Ford

*735MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

After lodging a detainer against appellant with state prison authorities in Massachusetts, where he was incarcerated, the federal government, on March 24, 1974, used a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequen-dum to obtain appellant’s presence in the Southern District of New York for purposes of arraignment on charges arising out of a Middletown, New York, bank robbery.1 Despite his repeated requests for a prompt trial and despite the fact that Article IV(c) of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (Detainers Act)2 requires trial within 120 days unless continuances are…