Charles H. Baldwin v. Robert G. Smith, as Warden of the Vermont State Prison, Windsor, Vermont

MOORE, Circuit Judge:

At the time of the commencement of this action, the petitioner Charles H. Baldwin was an inmate in the Vermont *1044State Prison.1 Baldwin sought declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asking that the Court declare 28 V.S.A. § 252 (Supp. 1969) unconstitutional and that it declare the plaintiff to be entitled to a reduction of sentence. 28 V.S. A. § 252 reads as follows:

“If he [a person confined in a state correctional facility] is employed for a period of more than one month without compensation and performs his work in a meritorious manner, he shall have a deduction of an…