Legal Opinion
Downes v. Norton
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 29, 1973No. Civ. B-772, B-773PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS
NEWMAN, District Judge.
Petitioners, in these two unrelated cases, challenge the constitutionality of procedures of the Bureau of Prisons providing for forfeiture of good time at hearings held in petitioners’ absence. The procedures are set forth in Bureau •of Prisons Policy Statement 7400.6A (August 13, 1971) (hereafter “Policy Statement”). Petitioners, currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, are properly before this Court pursuant either to 28 U. S.C. § 2241 or 28 U.S.C. § 1361, see, e. g.,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Juan Abel Gonzalez v. W.A. Perrill, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- State Ex Rel. Gillespie v. KendrickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Williams v. United States Board of ParoleDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
- United States v. Charles G. Luck, Jr., (Three Cases.)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- James Edward Evans v. G. C. Wilkerson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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