DAVIS v. BRYAN

No. 1273, Docket 89-2101.

889 F.2d 445 (1989)

Arthur DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kay BRYAN and Raymond Lopes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Bloss, New Haven, Conn. (Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, New Haven, Conn. of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Leslie D. McCallum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Clarine Nardi Riddle, Acting Atty. Gen. (Deputy Atty. Gen.), Hartford, Conn. of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before MESKILL, PIERCE, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

In this § 1983 action, plaintiff-appellant Arthur Davis alleges that he is entitled, under Connecticut law, to be sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of from ten to twenty-five years for each of six consecutive life sentences which he is presently serving. Davis asserts that his due process rights were violated when a state prison official determined that his "minimum sentence" on each count was twenty-five years; he claims that...

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