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GREENFIELD v. SCAFATI

Civ. A. No. 67-742-G.

277 F.Supp. 644 (1967)

Ronald GREENFIELD, Petitioner, v. Palmer C. SCAFATI, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

December 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Pizziferri, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Willie J. Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants.

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge, and CAFFREY and GARRITY, District Judges.

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, a Massachuetts prisoner, seeks an injunction against the enforcement of a sentence under a state statute, Mass.Gen.Laws, ch. 127, § 129, as amended by Mass.Acts of 1965, ch. 884, on the ground that the amendment is unconstitutional as an ex post facto law. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2281 a three-judge district court was convened to consider the merits of his contention. We delayed our hearing briefly until a proceeding brought...

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