Legal Opinion
Louis Cofone v. John R. Manson, Commissioner, Department of Correction, State of Connecticut
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 27, 1979No. 673, Docket 78-2150PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Louis Cofone, a prisoner of the state of Connecticut currently serving a life sen tence for murder in the 1st degree, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 198B challenging the legality of his transfer from the state prison at Somers, Connecticut to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. Finding no violation of any federal constitutional right in the circumstances of Cofone’s transfer, we affirm the order of Judge Blumenfeld entering judgment for defendant Manson, Connecticut Commissioner of Corrections.
Cofone’s transfer grew out of a series of incidents at the Somers…
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