Jesse James Robinson v. G. F. McCune Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas

At the time this action was commenced, Robinson was a federal prisoner confined at the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. In the district court he contended that he was unlawfully being compelled to serve sentences imposed for misdemeanor convictions at a penitentiary. This, he claimed, was in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 4083. 1 Robinson also asserted that prison authorities improperly forfeited 176 days of earned good time when his parole was revoked. The relief sought was in the form of a transfer to a lesser custody institution and restoration of the forfeited good time.

The…