FLETCHER v. WARDEN, U. S. PEN., LEAVENWORTH, KAN.

Nos. 79-1156, 79-2062 and 80-1749.

641 F.2d 850 (1981)

Jack FLETCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WARDEN, UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, Defendant-Appellee. Tommy J. HART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Irl E. DAY, Warden, Defendant-Appellee. Askofu Lester M. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES, Benjamin Civiletti, U. S. Bureau of Prisons Director, Norman A. Carlson, and the Warden of the Leavenworth USP, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Gottlieb of the Kansas Defender Project, Lawrence Kan., for plaintiffs-appellants Jack Fletcher and Askofu Lester M. Johnson.

Leonard D. Munker, Federal Public Defender, District of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant Tommy J. Hart.

Alleen S. Castellani, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendant-appellee in all cases.

James P. Buchele, U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kan., with her on briefs, for defendant-appellee in cases 79-2062 and 80-1749.

James P. Buchele, U. S. Atty. and Robert S. Streepy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kan., on brief, for defendant-appellee in 79-1156.

Before McWILLIAMS and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Each of these appeals involves in varying contexts the interpretation by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas of 18 U.S.C. § 5003(a) concerning the transfer of state prisoners to federal custody.1

No. 79-1156 — Fletcher

Fletcher is now serving a substantial prison term by reason of his conviction of a criminal offense against the State of Delaware.

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