Mercer v. United States Med. Center for Fed. Pris., No. 18256-1.
| Court | United States District Courts. 8th Circuit. Western District of Missouri |
| Writing for the Court | Norman C. Mercer, pro se |
| Citation | 312 F. Supp. 1077 |
| Parties | Norman C. MERCER, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES MEDICAL CENTER FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS et al., Respondents. |
| Docket Number | No. 18256-1. |
| Decision Date | 19 May 1970 |
312 F. Supp. 1077
Norman C. MERCER, Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES MEDICAL CENTER FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS et al., Respondents.
No. 18256-1.
United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.
May 19, 1970.
Norman C. Mercer, pro se.
Bert C. Hurn, U. S. Atty., Frederick O. Griffin, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for respondents.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
On April 22, 1970 this Court ordered the petitioner to file an appropriate supplementary pleading in which he should state and allege under oath the specific factual circumstances supporting the conclusory allegations made in his petition for habeas corpus relief filed April 7, 1970. On May 6, 1970, the petitioner filed an "Answer to Court's Order" which, like the initial petition, was quite obviously prepared by another inmate, one Larry V. Cooper, whose now voluminous Civil Action No. 17943-1 currently pends before this Court. Like Mr. Cooper, this petitioner has failed to comply
The petitioner's principal complaint involves his allegation that despite repeated requests to various prison officials, he has been denied transfer to another federal penal institution.
Section 4082(a) of Title 18, United States Code provides:
A person convicted of an offense against the United States shall be committed, for such term of imprisonment as the court may direct, to the custody of the Attorney General of the United States, who shall designate the place of confinement where the sentence shall be served.
It is clear from the decided cases interpreting this section that, in the absence of highly exceptional circumstances (which are neither alleged nor apparent in the case at bar), the designation of the institution in which a lawfully imposed federal sentence shall be served is vested in the Attorney General of the United States, acting through the Bureau of Prisons. See Lawrence v. Willingham, 373 F.2d 731 (10th Cir., 1967); Hogue v. United States, 287 F.2d 99 (5th Cir., 1961); cert. den. 368 U.S. 932, 82 S.Ct. 369, 7 L.Ed.2d 195, reh. den. 368 U.S. 972, 82 S.Ct. 441, 7 L.Ed.2d 402; Peek v. Ciccone, 288 F.Supp. 329, 338 (W.D.Mo.1968).
The same principles apply to the petitioner's allegation that he has wrongfully been denied an assignment to a Community Treatment Center. Discretion to make such an assignment under appropriate circumstances is vested in the Attorney General. See Title 18, United States Code, § 4082(c) and (f).
The petitioner further alleges that he and all other inmates at the Springfield Prison Camp are wrongfully denied (1) cash payments of $100 at the time of their release from custody; (2) work shoes and work clothing (of a type deemed appropriate by the petitioner) at the time of their release from custody; (3) cash loans at the time of their release from custody; (4) opportunity to earn money by working in prison industry; (5) vocational training programs; and (6) work release privileges.
With respect to the first three of these allegations, Sections 4281 and 4284 provide:
§ 4281. Discharge from prison
A person convicted under the laws of the United States shall, upon...
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