Lyon v. Harkness

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire discharging a writ of habeas corpus and remanding the petitioner to custody imposed upon him by virtue of a warrant issued by the Governor of New Hampshire in extradition proceedings.1 The court below discharged the writ on the basis of findings (1) that the petitioner had made no application for any judicial- remedy afforded by the State,2 (2) that no good reason appeared for his failure to do so, and (3) that no exceptional circumstances or peculiar urgency existed to justify…