The applicant, an inmate serving a two-year sentence, sought habeas corpus to challenge his transfer from administrative segregation at one maximum-security penitentiary to another.
The respondent brought a cross-motion challenging jurisdiction.
The court held that a lateral transfer between equivalent regimes at different maximum-security institutions does not constitute a substantial change in conditions amounting to a deprivation of liberty.
The respondent's motion was granted and the application for habeas corpus was dismissed.
