Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Pickens
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided November 30, 1951No. A-7309PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOND, District Judge.
In his petition the petitioner alleges that he is being imprisoned, detained and restrained of his liberty by- Walter E. Huntley, United States Marshal for the Third Division, District of Alaska, in the United States jail in the City of Anchorage, Alaska, under conditions described in detail in the petition, which are asserted to constitute cruel and inhuman punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Upon the filing of the petition an order was made for the issuance of the writ. The Marshal returned the writ and brought the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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