Harlan Allen Tibbs v. United States

Tibbs, appellant, petitioned for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 from sentences imposed in October 1961 by the court in the Northern District of California at Sacramento, now the Eastern District of California. An evidentiary hearing was held, findings made and relief denied. We affirm.

Tibbs was on the F.B.I.’s “Ten Most Wanted” list and charges were pending in various states, as well as the charges in the Northern District of California, the Southern District of North Carolina and the Northern District of Florida. He desired to have all the federal charges disposed of at one time. He had…