United States v. Tyrone Horton

HARVEY, District Judge:

Tyrone Horton was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of assaulting a guard at the District of Columbia Reformatory located at Lorton, Virginia. At the time of the offense, Horton was serving a one-year sentence at Lorton for attempted unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Following his assault conviction, he received an additional consecutive sentence of two years imprisonment.

In this appeal, Horton claims that he has been denied equal protection and due process of law under the Fifth Amendment because he was…