Freddy Green v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary

CECIL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, denying the appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas, corpus. The appellant filed his petition in the District Court pro se and was permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. The district judge denied the petition without a hearing upon the ground that it was apparent on the face of the petition that no constitutional rights of the appellant had been violated. He issued a certificate of probable cause and granted leave to appeal in forma pauperis.

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