MICKLUS v. CARLSON

No. 79-2234.

632 F.2d 227 (1980)

MICKLUS, Gregory Bernard, Appellant, v. CARLSON, Norman, Director, U. S. Bureau of Prisons; Fenton, Charles, Warden, U.S.P. Lewisburg, Pa.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided September 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Warren, Jr. (argued), Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy & Kauffman, Scranton, Pa., for appellant.

Carlon M. O'Malley, Jr., U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., Frederick E. Martin (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Lewisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and ROSENN and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns, among other things, the existence vel non of causes of action for damages by a prisoner sentenced as a "young adult offender" under the Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S.C. §§ 5005-5026, because of the government's failure to provide him with the treatment and segregation required by the YCA. The district court held that no private cause of action was...

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