United States Ex Rel. Sheldon Leeson v. Daniel E. Damon, Superintendent of Elmira Reformatory

496 F.2d 718

UNITED STATES ex rel. Sheldon LEESON, Appellant,

v.

Daniel E. DAMON, Superintendent of Elmira Reformatory, Appellee.

No. 670, Docket 73-2597.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued Jan. 22, 1974.

Decided April 1, 1974, As Amended on Rehearing May 13, 1974.

Gretchen White Oberman, New York City, for appellant.

Arlene Silverman, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of N.Y., Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellee.

Before HAYS, MANSFIELD and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

OAKES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant appeals from the denial of a writ of…