Dixon v. Henderson

Petitioner Dixon brought the present action in the nature of a mandamus under 2'8 U.S.C. § 1361 to compel the warden of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary to restore to his credit 440 days of earned good time authorized by 18 U.S. C. § 4161.1 The district court denied the requested relief and petitioner seeks reversal of that decision on two grounds: (1) that the revocation procedures employed by prison officials did not comport with the requirements of due process, and (2) that the punish*468ment meted out was both unconscionably and unconstitutionally harsh. Finding no merit in this attack, we…