Robert Samuel Strauss v. James J. Moos, U.S. Marshall, Southern District of Illinois, and Joseph N. Shore, U.S. Parole Board

CASTLE, Chief Judge.

The petitioner-appellant, Robert Samuel Strauss, appearing pro se, prosecutes this appeal from an order of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The record discloses that on October 24, 1967, after hearing oral argument in which petitioner’s then counsel participated, but without conducting an evidentiary hearing, the court denied the petition and remanded the petitioner to custody.

Insofar as it is pertinent to the issue presented on appeal the petition alleges that on October 25, 1962, the petitioner was sentenced by the United States…