Hammond v. Langlois

LARKINS, District Judge.

The petitioner, James Hammond, escaped from the custody of the North Carolina Department of Prisons and fled to the State of Rhode Island where he was apprehended and held for extradition to North Carolina. While awaiting extradition and while confined in the Adult Correctional Institution at Cranston, Rhode Island, the petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

The court finds as a fact upon the face of the Petition that the petitioner is being confined outside the territorial…