Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Bennett
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 5, 1945No. 8886PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Associate Justice.
The sole question raised on this appeal is whether a court in the District of Columbia has jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus against the Attorney General of the United States or his representative on petition of a federal prisoner confined outside the District of Columbia.
By statute all persons convicted of an offense against the United States are committed to the custody of the Attorney General who designates their places of confinement. But the Attorney General is not the person directly responsible for the operation of our federal penitentiaries. He is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sanders v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Jones v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- McGowan v. MoodyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1903
- Laughlin v. BennettCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
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