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MASCOLO v. NORTON

Civ. No. B-74-461.

405 F.Supp. 523 (1975)

Albert MASCOLO v. John J. NORTON, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

November 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Churgin, Dennis E. Curtis, Stephen Wizner, Pierce H. O'Donnell, Michele Hermann, Jerome Frank Legal Services Organization, New Haven, Conn., for petitioner.

Peter C. Dorsey, U. S. Atty., Kenneth R. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Bridgeport, Conn., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ZAMPANO, District Judge.

This is another in a series of cases which disclose the arbitrary classification of an inmate as a "member of organized crime" or "Special Offender" by federal prison officials without a rational basis in fact and without affording the inmate any procedural due process protections. See, e.g., Cardaropoli v. Norton, 523 F.2d 990 (2 Cir. 1975); Catalano v. United States...

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