HASSAIN v. JOHNSON

No. 83-6252.

790 F.2d 1420 (1986)

Abbas HASSAIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.C. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbas Hassain pro se.

Philip S. Malinsky, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before WALLACE, HUG and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Abbas Hassain, a federal prisoner, appeals the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his complaint seeking both release from confinement and money damages from J.C. Johnson, a federal prison official. The court treated the complaint as a petition for habeas corpus and a separate Bivens action. Hassain contends that Johnson's "refusal" to follow a Bureau of Prisons policy statement and Hassain's transfer to a higher security prison while he was...

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