UNITED STATES EX REL. DANCY v. ARNOLD

No. 77-1394.

572 F.2d 107 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Conrad A. DANCY, Appellee, v. Floyd E. ARNOLD, Warden United States Penitentiary Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin R. Civiletti, Asst. Atty. Gen., George W. Calhoun, Patrick J. Glynn, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Edmund J. Scacchitti, Jordan & Mullaney, Scranton, Pa., for appellee.

Before GIBBONS, VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges, and GERRY, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GERRY, District Judge.

This appeal is from the grant of an application by Conrad A. Dancy, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for a writ of habeas corpus. The sole issue presented is whether a youth offender, sentenced under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq., to the custody of the Attorney General for treatment and supervision, may be confined in the general...

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