¶1Robert L. Heald, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.
¶2Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., -with whom George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty. at the time th.e brief was filed, and Joseph F. Goetten, *884Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the ¡brief, for appellees. Charles M. Irelan, Washington, D. C., U. S. Atty. at the time of argument, also entered an appearance on behalf of appellees.
¶3Before EDGERTON, PROCTOR, and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.
¶5This appeal is from a final order of the District Court dismissing a complaint for damages grounded upon alleged conspiratorial acts of the defendants in their official capacities causing transfer and imprisonment of plaintiff (appellant here) from a penitentiary, where he was serving sen-fence for a federal offense, to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri.
¶6Appellant contends that the acts of the Attorney General and his subordinate officers were illegal in that examination and report of a medical board, as provided by 18 U.S.C. § 4241 (Supp. IV, 1951)1 were absolute prerequisites to the transfer and detention at Springfield. Appellees assert that transfer of the prisoner was legally within their official control under 18 U.S.C. § 4082 (Supp. IV, 1951),2 empowering the Attorney General to designate places of confinement, and 18 U.S.C. §§ 4041, 4042 (Supp. IV, 1951),3 covering the authority *885and duty of the Attorney General and his subordinate officers in the management and regulation of penal institutions. They also insist that if they did erroneously construe and apply the foregoing statutes, they are nevertheless immune from personal liability in damages.
¶7We agree with the latter contention. Lang v. Wood, 67 App.D.C. 287, 92 F.2d 211, certiorari denied, 1937, 302 U.S. 686, 58 S.Ct. 48, 82 L.Ed. 530, and cases cited. See also Laughlin v. Rosenman, 1947, 82 U. S.App.D.C. 164, 163 F.2d 838. In view of this conclusion it is unnecessary to deal with the first contention.
¶8Affirmed.