ROCHE v. SIZER

Civ. No. B-81-176.

516 F.Supp. 961 (1981)

James ROCHE v. G. H. SIZER, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut; the United States Parole Commission, and William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

May 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Pottenger, Jr., Blair Dorminey, Jerome N. Frank, Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn., for petitioner.

Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Atty., Barry K. Stevens, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bridgeport, Conn., for respondents.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

ELLEN BREE BURNS, District Judge.

Petitioner James Roche, currently incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus on April 8, 1981. On April 22, 1981, this Court's April 14, 1981, Order to Show Cause was amended, on petitioner's motion, to require the government to show cause why the petition should not be granted on or before April 29, 1981. A hearing on the petition...

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