BECKETT v. KEARNEY

Civ. A. No. 9654.

247 F.Supp. 219 (1965)

John BECKETT, Jr., Petitioner, v. J. O. KEARNEY, Warden United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

November 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Beckett, Jr., pro. per.

Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., and Thomas K. McWhorter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant.


HOOPER, District Judge.

Petitioner, a veteran of World War Two, now inmate in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, on August 30, 1965 filed a complaint in this court against the Warden of the Penitentiary. His petition does not bear a label, but it is the duty of this Court to give relief if demanded by the facts regardless of the form of action.

Petitioner claims that "he is being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment and in violation of his Eighth Amendment...

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