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CHESNEY v. ADAMS

Civ. Nos. 15308, H-20.

377 F.Supp. 887 (1974)

Archie CHESNEY v. Frederick E. ADAMS, Warden, Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, Connecticut, et al. Archie CHESNEY v. John R. MANSON, Commissioner of Corrections, State of Connecticut.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

June 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Churgin, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

Stephen J. O'Neill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

NEWMAN, District Judge.

This is a suit by a state prisoner challenging primarily the constitutionality of the procedure used to transfer him from the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers to the Security Treatment Center at Connecticut Valley Hospital. On two occasions he was committed for indefinite custody and treatment pursuant to Conn.Gen.Stat. § 17-194a. His major contention is that these transfers to a hospital...

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