Legal Opinion

Keehner v. Humphrey

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided December 14, 1949No. 87Published

1Opinion of the Court

FOLLMER, District Judge.

Frank Keehner, a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, seeks leave to file, in forma pauperis, in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, what he terms “Writ of Error Correction or Reduction of Sentence.” It *718does not allege that he is entitled to present release. Certain allegations in the petition establish that he is not seeking immediate release from unlawful restraint. It cannot therefore be treated as an application for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that while serving a sentence of the State court in the Allegheny County Workhouse…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lunsford v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
  2. Vanover v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
  3. Peretz v. HumphreyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1949

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