Legal Opinion

In re Brabson

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 28, 1958PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BICKS, District Judge.

This is an application by Norman Brabson, an inmate of the Manhattan House of Detention, a non-federal penal institution, for a writ of habeas corpus and for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

For the purpose of the application sub judice, the petition of this incarcerated layman, obviously drawn without the assistance of counsel, will be interpreted most liberally1 and the allegations therein will be assumed to be true.2 His averments are as follows: that while in the above-mentioned house of detention in 1953 (many years after his conviction in the New York State…

2Cases cited26 opinions

Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
Coffin v. ReichardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
Kelly v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944

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3Cited by1 opinion

Hector H.A. v. Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General; Markwayne Mullin; Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; David J. Venturella, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; David Easterwood, Acting Director, St. Paul Field Office Immigration Customs Enforcement; and Ryan Shea, Sheriff of Freeborn CountyDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2026