Roosevelt C. Bentley v. Charles Scully, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional Facility

SKRETNY, District Judge:

Respondent Charles Scully, Superintendent of New York’s Greenhaven Correctional Facility (the “State”) appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sweet, J., granting petitioner Roosevelt Bentley’s (“petitioner” or “Bentley”) petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 851 F.Supp. 586. Appellant seeks reversal of the district court’s decision on several grounds. Specifically, appellant argues that the petition should be denied (1) under the abuse of writ doctrine, (2) because the district court erred in finding…