Hauck v. Hiatt

JOHNSON, District Judge.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeks the petitioner’s release from the Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Petitioner was sentenced to' serve a term of five years at the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia. Sentence was imposed by the United States District Court at Florance, South Carolina on December 6, 1940. Petitioner was sent to Atlanta and later transferred to Lewisburg.

Petitioner complains that one-third of his sentence expired on August 5, 1942, and that having not been guilty of any violation of rules and regulations he…