Dennis E. Mason v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director, United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri

Petitioner Dennis E. Mason appeals the dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The sole point raised in his pro se brief on appeal is that the evidentiary hearing held by the magistrate should have been held by a federal district judge under the holding of Wingo v. Wedding, 418 U.S. 461, 94 S.Ct. 2842, 41 L.Ed.2d 879 (1974). Petitioner’s amended petition alleged that:

Petitioner suffers cruel and unusual punishment as a result of being assaulted and choked unconscious by the guard force at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners and being kept in punitive…