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JOHNSON v. HARRIS

No. 79 Civ. 4573.

479 F.Supp. 333 (1979)

Paul JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. David R. HARRIS, Warden, Green Haven Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

October 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Farrell, Mineola, N. Y., for petitioner.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., New York City, for respondent; Burton Herman, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This is an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C., section 19831 and under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.2 The plaintiff, who was sentenced in 1965 to a term of from twenty years to life imprisonment, following his conviction for murder in the first degree, is currently incarcerated at...

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