United States of America Ex Rel. Raymond G. Lasky v. Hon. J. Edwin Lavallee, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, New York

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a denial on June 9, 1971, without an evidentiary hearing, of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner Lasky pro se on February 4, 1971 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On August 26, 1971 we granted petitioner’s motion for a certificate of probable cause, for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and for assignment of counsel. Upon a careful review of the entire record we are persuaded that petitioner’s request for habeas corpus relief should be granted. Accordingly, we reverse the order below…