Felix v. Braxton

Danny Felix, a resident of the Lorton Correctional Facility, was found guilty in a prison disciplinary proceeding of escape, lack of cooperation, and being out of place. Felix had a prison status that authorized him to leave Lorton during the day to perform a clerk/typist job at a D.C. government halfway house. However, he allegedly disobeyed instructions not to appear for work on July 2, 1993, a furlough day, and, after taking the prison bus into town, allegedly spent the day at large in the District of Columbia. Felix appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which…