United States ex rel. Spinks v. Zeller

HARRY E. WATKINS, Chief Judge.

The petitioner, Garland Spinks, has written letters to this court, requesting a discharge from the Weston State Hospital, a state mental institution, located at Weston, West Virginia, in the Northern District of West Virginia. The letters were treated as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and petitioner was permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. The Attorney General of West Virginia has filed an answer to such petition in behalf of Charles A. Zeller, Superintendent of such institution, who is the respondent herein. As a part of such answer there are 18…