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UNITED STATES EX REL. COLEN v. NORTON

Civ. No. B-355.

335 F.Supp. 1316 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Leonard COLEN v. John J. NORTON, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

January 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Colen, pro se.

Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., Andrew Bowman, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZAMPANO, District Judge.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which more accurately should be interpreted to be a petition for mandamus, see Taylor v. Blackwell, 418 F.2d 199 (5 Cir.1969), raises interesting questions with respect to the power of prison officials to remove an inmate from industrial or meritorious good time status.

While it is settled law that the grant or denial of good...

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