Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit January 27, 1981, No. 80-1119 (Cross v. United States Postal Service)

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Rebecca Mae Cross, a black woman, was convicted in 1964 of selling heroin and assaulting a federal narcotics officer. She was given a twenty-year sentence for the narcotics offense and eighteen months for the assault; she served ten years. While in prison, she was trained as a key punch operator and worked for over five years in that capacity.