Donald Wayne Lawrence v. J. T. Willingham, Warden

The appellant does not attack the validity of his federal sentence but asks this Court to effectuate his transfer from the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, to a federal institution in Texas so that he may be more conveniently brought to trial on a state charge. He argues that the federal courts have the authority to enter such an order for the following reasons:

1. The sentencing court recommended that he be committed to the Federal Correctional Institution at Seagoville, Texas, and such a recommendation is binding on the Attorney General.

2. He should not have been…