Kurnava v. United States

JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.

This is another habeas corpus case from the Springfield Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. The basic factual situation involved, with a most important variation to be noted, is the same as that presented by Frye v. Settle, W.D.Mo.1958, 168 F.Supp. 7.

Judge Ridge noted in Frye that the circumstances there involved “are recur-ringly being presented to this Court”. This Court, because of the geographical location of the Medicai Center, has exclusive jurisdiction over all applications for habeas corpus filed by inmates of that institution. Judge Ridge therefore…