Saia v. Warden of Connecticut State Prison

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which the petitioner alleges that his “imprisonment is legal” but that he is being discriminated against and denied “fair and equal protection of the laws.” The petitioner was convicted of two counts of rioting or inciting a riot at a state penal or correctional institution, in violation of General Statutes §53-167a. He received an effective sentence of not less than six years nor more than seven years in the state prison, where he is now confined.

His sole complaint at this time is that in the latter part of July in 1964 he was “kicked with…