Thomas T. Swisher v. United States

The conviction of appellant at court-martial having been affirmed by higher authority, he filed petition for writ of habeas corpus in the District Court, rais? ing the question of his mental competency to stand trial on the charges preferred against him. The District Court dismissed appellant’s petition for a writ, 1 without requiring response to be made thereto by the Warden of the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, at Springfield, Missouri, where appellant is presently confined. We granted leave to appeal in forma pauperis “ * * * for the purpose of settling the question of Swisher’s…