TAI v. CHANG

No. 5995.

570 P.2d 563 (1977)

Alfred J. TAI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Andrew I.T. CHANG, Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Dandar, Deputy Atty. Gen., Stuart P. Shapiro, Honolulu, with him on the brief, for respondent-appellee.

James Blanchfield, Honolulu, for petitioner-appellant.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant1 filed a petition in the court below for a writ of habeas corpus and for injunctive relief. He alleged that his transfer by the Director of Social Services2 in 1966 from the Hawaii State Prison to the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, was unlawful in three respects: first, he was transferred pursuant to an unpublished...

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