Ex parte Cowen

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The application of Earl S. Cowen for certificate of probable cause was denied by me as Senior United States Circuit Judge. The petitioner has filed a petition for rehearing, apparently believing tha't the order heretofore made had been made by the Circuit Court of Appeals and that he was entitled to petition for rehearing under the rules of the court. The petition for rehearing may be treated as a reapplication for a certificate of probable cause.

The certificate of probable cause, where the petitioner is held under process issuing from a state court, is essential to give…