UNITED STATES v. FOLLETTE

No. 67 Civ. 798.

272 F.Supp. 563 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Ralph MASUCCI, Plaintiff, v. Harold W. FOLLETTE, Warden, Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York, Russell G. Oswald, Chairman, New York State Board of Parole; and Peter Esperdy, Commissioner of Immigration Service, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

August 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Masucci, Acting for Himself and Without Counsel, Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., for the U. S. of A., Francis J. Lyons, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel.


WYATT, District Judge.

This is a motion by defendant Esperdy to dismiss the action (a) under Fed.R. Civ.P. 12(b) (1) for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter and (b) under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12 (b) (6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

Masucci, who commenced this action, is at Green Haven Prison at Stormville in Dutchess County in the custody of the penal authorities of New York. He is apparently now serving a sentence imposed...

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