Legal Opinion
Basciano v. Lindsay
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 14, 2008No. 1:07-mj-00421PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GARAUFIS, District Judge.
Petitioner Vincent Basciano (“Basciano” or “Petitioner”) is currently detained in the Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) in Brooklyn, where he awaits trial on charges for which he faces a possi ble death sentence. Basciano petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, in which he seeks an order lifting the Special Administrative Measures (“SAMs”) 2 currently governing his confinement and releasing him from a Special Housing Unit (“SHU”) back into the general prison population. (Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Docket…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- James Benjamin v. William J. Fraser, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- United States v. El-HageCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re BascianoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- United States v. BascianoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2011