Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Janco
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided December 22, 1971No. Civ. A. C-71-97-EPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
MAXWELL, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, Diane Connie Roberts, is presently serving a one year sentence in the Monongalia County Jail in Morgan-town, West Virginia. This sentence was imposed on February 7, 1971, by a Monongalia County Justice of the Peace under the authority of West Virginia’s “Peace Bond” proceedings, West Virginia Code ch. 62, art. 10, §§ 1-4 (Michie 1966). 1
Having earlier exhausted state remedies, Petitioner now seeks a writ of federal habeas corpus in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq. She proceeds here in forma pauperis.
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