Catherine Lake v. Dale Cameron, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital

On October 11, 1962, appellant filed in the District Court an omnibus pleading —styled “Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and Also a Writ of Prohibition” —naming as respondents the Superintendent of the District of Columbia General Hospital, a Miss Bentley of the United States Public Health Service, and a Miss Jenkins of the Social Service Agency. On the same day appellant was transferred from the District of Columbia General Hospital to St. Elizabeths Hospital, by order of the District Court, for observation in connection with proceedings then pending in In re Catherine Lake, M.H.No.…