RICH v. ZITNAY

No. 80-1426.

644 F.2d 41 (1981)

Leon F. RICH et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. George A. ZITNAY et al., etc., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon F. Rich on brief, pro se.

William H. Laubenstein, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., on brief for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, and CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants were convicted of crimes in Maine state courts and, until 1978, incarcerated at the Maine State Prison. Both were administratively determined to be security risks at the Maine prison and transferred in 1978 to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. See 18 U.S.C. § 5003; 34 M.R.S.A. § 707. The only issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs' claim that...

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