James Pickens Davis v. Dr. Pasquale J. Ciccone, Director, United States Medical Center

This is an appeal from a dismissal by the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri of appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant was originally convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee for armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(d), and kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201. Appellant was sentenced to serve concurrent terms of 13 years on each of these two violations and was thereafter confined in the United States Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri.

Appellant, both before and after…