U.S. v. Basciano.

• Position: U.S. v. Basciano, 369 F.Supp.2d 344 - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

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U.S. v. Basciano, 369 F.Supp.2d 344 (E.D.N.Y. 2005). A purported crime boss who was being held as a pretrial detainee petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his detention in a restrictive special housing unit. The district court granted the petition, finding that indefinite solitary confinement of the detainee was not reasonably related to the government's legitimate objective of preventing the detainee from allegedly planning or approving violent criminal conduct while behind bars. The court held that to justify such "harsh" detention, more substantial proof was required that the detainee committed or directed the crime of murder in aid of...