Legal Opinion
Williams v. Shovlin
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 16, 1962No. 442PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLLMER, Chief Judge.
Eugene Williams is presently committed to the Farview State Hospital, a State institution for the criminal insane. He seeks to file in this Court a petition for writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis.
The State is the “parens patriae” of the insane, In re Ryan, D.C. E.D.Pa., 47 F.Supp. 10 (1942), and the adjudication and care of persons believed insane are traditionally and legally a matter of State concern, Ex parte Moore, D.C.Ore., 43 F.Supp. 886 (1942), and as has been pointed out, the Statutes of Pennsylvania afford a person ample opportunity to raise the question of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Henry Hughes v. Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- United States of America Ex Rel. John Sadowy v. Edward M. Fay, Warden of Green Haven PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Hall v. VerdelDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1941
- In Re RyanDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1942
- United States ex rel. Grove v. JacksonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1936
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Morgan v. WolfeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. Eggleston v. SnowDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Murray v. RadauskasDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1964