ROCHE v. SIZER

No. 422, Docket 81-2236.

675 F.2d 507 (1982)

James ROCHE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. G. H. SIZER, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, The United States Parole Commission, and William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry K. Stevens, Asst. U. S. Atty. for the District of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn. (Alan H. Nevas, U. S. Atty., District of Connecticut, Bridgeport, Conn., of counsel), for respondents-appellants.

John L. Pottenger, Jr., Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn. (Stephen Wizner, Renee D. Chotiner, P. J. Pittman, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for petitioner-appellee.

Before LUMBARD and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.


BONSAL, District Judge:

On January 29, 1979 petitioner, James Roche, was arrested by federal agents, charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana (the Federal charges), and was sent to the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Hartford ("CCI Hartford") where federal defendants are held while awaiting trial. On March 20, 1979 the State of Connecticut issued a warrant for petitioner's arrest, charging him with...

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