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POLIZZI v. SIGLER

No. 77-1059.

564 F.2d 792 (1977)

Michael S. POLIZZI and Anthony J. Zerilli, Appellees, v. Maurice SIGLER, Chairman, United States Board of Parole, United States Board of Parole, L. R. Putnam, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone, Minnesota, and the United States Bureau of Prisons, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1977.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Glynn, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (argued), Robert G. Renner, U. S. Atty. and Daniel M. Scott, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., George W. Calhoun, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. and Richard L. Thornburgh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., appears on appellants' brief and Benjamin R. Civiletti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., appears on appellants' reply brief, for appellants.

Peter J. Thompson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before BRIGHT, ROSS and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The United States Bureau of Prisons classified Michael S. Polizzi and Anthony J. Zerilli as "special offenders" upon their entrance into the federal prison system because of their alleged links with organized crime.1 Polizzi and Zerilli brought these habeas corpus actions, consolidated for hearing before the district court, claiming that such classification subjected them to more onerous conditions of confinement...

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