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United States of America Ex Rel. Conrad A. Dancy v. Floyd E. Arnold, Warden United States Penitentiary Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided February 21, 1978No. 77-1394PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

GERRY, District Judge.

This appeal is from the grant of an application by Conrad A. Dancy, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Lewis-burg, Pennsylvania, for a writ of habeas corpus. The sole issue presented is whether a youth offender, sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq., to the custody of the Attorney General for treatment and supervision, may be confined in the general population of a federal penitentiary. The district court found that the YCA requires that youths sentenced under it be segregated from adult…

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Ralston v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Micklus, Gregory Bernard v. Carlson, Norman, Director, U. S. Bureau of Prisons Fenton, Charles, Warden, U.S.P. Lewisburg, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  3. Jerry Wayne Watts v. John T. Hadden, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
  4. Rev. Timothy L. Lewis v. Attorney General of the United States and Warden, United States Penitentiary at LewisburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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