Thomas G. Sexton v. United States

This appeal is taken from an order of the district court denying the petition of a federal convict for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. 1

Appellant is presently incarcerated in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, serving a 10-year sentence imposed on May 24, 1966, for violations of 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 500, 1708 and 1691, receiving, forging and altering stolen postal money orders in excess of one hundred dollars. In his habeas corpus petition appellant sought the restoration of statutory good time which prison officials had ordered forfeited for a violation of rules of the institution, namely,…