GOODEMOTE v. SCRIPTURE

No. 308-81.

440 A.2d 150 (1981)

Cheryl GOODEMOTE v. Philip SCRIPTURE, Superintendent Chittenden Community Correctional Center, and James A. Walton, Jr., Commissioner of Corrections.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion for Reargument Denied January 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dumont, Franklin/Grand Isle County Public Defender, St. Albans, for plaintiff.

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Alan B. Coulman and Elizabeth Grant Rome, Asst. Attys. Gen. and Diana Agnew, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, for defendants.

Before BARNEY, C. J., BILLINGS, HILL and UNDERWOOD, JJ., and LARROW, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


HILL, Justice.

This case concerns the transfer of a Vermont prisoner to the federal prison system. The plaintiff, Cheryl Goodemote, appeals from the Chittenden Superior Court's decision denying her request for an injunction prohibiting the State from transferring her to the federal system. We reverse.

I.

In May of 1981, while serving a sentence for burglary, the appellant allegedly assaulted a corrections officer. She was arraigned on an aggravated...

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