WATTS v. HADDEN

Civil Action Nos. 78 M 495, 78 M 584, 78 M 618, 78 M 619, 78 M 633, 78 M 669, 78 M 715, 78 M 752, 78 M 889, 78 M 1116 and 79 M 12.

469 F.Supp. 223 (1979)

Jerry Wayne WATTS, Robert Joseph Allen, Clarence Lloyd Giron, Brien Douglas Wilson, William F. Nicholson, Lee Arthur Sena, Craig Douglas Hassler, Kenneth Erb, Jr., Thomas R. Wilson, Bryan Lee Michaels, and Ricky Campbell, Petitioners, v. John T. HADDEN, Warden, Federal Correctional Institute, Englewood, Colorado, Griffin Bell, Attorney General of the United States; Norman Carlson, Director, United States Bureau of Prisons, Audrey Kaslow, Commissioner, U. S. Parole Commission, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

April 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Sears, Federal Public Defender, Denver, Colo., for petitioners.

Jerre W. Dixon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATSCH, District Judge.

In 1974 the United States Supreme Court made a thorough review of the legislative history and language of the Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq., and held that because the Congress had so clearly constructed a comprehensive program of rehabilitative treatment and supervision for offenders less than 22 years old, no such person could be given a regular sentence in the absence...

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