John A. Tatem, Sr. v. United States

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

We allowed an appeal at government expense after a series of orders of the District Court, which first denied leave to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus without prepayment of costs, and thereafter denied leave to appeal that order to this court. Appellant seeks immediate and unconditional release from St. Elizabeths Hospital or, in the alternative, transfer to a Veteran’s Administration Hospital. He was committed to St. Elizabeths following a directed verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity of sex attacks on his minor daughter. 1

Appellant was charged under…