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DORSSART v. BLACKWELL

Civ. A. No. 11277.

277 F.Supp. 399 (1967)

Fred Thomas DORSSART, Jr. v. Olin G. BLACKWELL, Warden.

United States District Court N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

October 31, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Thomas Dossart, Jr., pro se.

Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Theodore E. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent.

ORDER

EDENFIELD, District Judge.

Petitioner is presently confined in the United States penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is serving a one-year sentence imposed by the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He has alleged that his confinement in a penitentiary, when his sentence is for no more than one year, is in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 4083 and is therefore illegal.

Section 4083 reads as follows:

"Persons convicted...

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