Opinion ID: 1539320
Heading Depth: 1
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Heading: subsequent transfer from atlanta

Text: In addition to constitutional questions raised and discussed, supra, petitioner also charges the respondent with the responsibility of his transfer from the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, to the United States Penitentiary at Alcatraz, California. Assuming, without accepting, such responsibility, it is sufficient here to say that the petitioner having been lawfully transferred under Section 32-A to federal physical custody and administration, the United States under U.S.C.A., Title 18, § 4082 (formerly § 753f) and clause 5 of the transfer contract has, and decisions have confirmed, the power of federal agencies to accomplish such transfer between federal institutions Zerbst v. Kidwell, 92 F.2d 756 (Cir.Ct.App.Ga.1937) (reversed on other grounds 304 U.S. 359, 58 S.Ct. 872, 82 L.Ed. 1399, 116 A.L.R. 808) and between federal and state institutions Chapman v. Scott, 10 F.2d 156, affirmed p. 690, certiorari denied 270 U.S. 657, 46 S.Ct. 354, 70 L.Ed. 784. And without notice to or consent of the subject, Chapman, supra.