Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit March 5, 1976, 75-1802, 75-1803 (James Lee Dower v. Harold M. Boslow, Director, Patuxent Institution, James Lee Dower v. Director, Patuxent Institution)

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners-Appellants, all presently confined in Patuxent Institution, sought habeas corpus relief in the district court. Their claim was that commitment pursuant to adjudication as defective delinquents under 3 Md.Ann. Code art. 31B, § 5 violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the fourteenth amendment.