Odis R. Van Buskirk v. Fred T. Wilkinson

Appellant is an inmate of the United States Penitentiary on McNeil Island, Washington. He petitioned the District Court for an injunction restraining respondent Warden from enforcing against him the Act ofCongress which provides for conditional release of Federal prisoners, and for a judgment declaring the Act void for repugnance to the Constitution of the United States. He asked that a three-judge court be convened to hear his petition. His claim for relief was based upon the following factual allegations: