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RUSSELL v. HENDERSON

No. 72-3658.

475 F.2d 1138 (1973)

William L. RUSSELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. D. HENDERSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Russell, pro se.

John W. Stokes, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Russell, while an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the district court, seeking relief from conditions at the prison which he alleged constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Russell contended that his indeterminate confinement in poorly ventilated administrative segregation violated his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The district court denied...

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