Boyd Henson Campbell v. Commonwealth of Virginia, United States Attorney General

Boyd Henson Campbell initiated this action seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The district court denied the requested relief and this appeal followed.

The papers filed in the district court state that a detainer, issued from the Commonwealth of Virginia, was lodged with Campbell’s custodian at the Leavenworth Penitentiary in January, 1971. Campbell alleges that he immediately requested disposition of the detain-er in compliance with the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act, Pub.L. 91-538, 84 Stat. 1397, and that no action was taken on his request.

Thereafter, in May, 1971, a…