Legal Opinion
Duncan v. State of Maine
District Court, D. Maine
Decided May 16, 1961No. Civ. No. 7-4PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
Upon consideration of the above-entitled petition for a writ of habeas corpus dated April 17, 1961 presented to me by John D. Duncan pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 2242, the petition having been accompanied by an affidavit of poverty, in which the petitioner states that he is without funds and unable to pay the customary fees and costs as provided by law,
*200Leave is hereby granted John D. Duncan to proceed in forma, pauperis on said petition, and the Clerk of this Court is hereby ordered to file said petition without payment of fees.
Petitioner is presently confined, under…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Burns v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Johnson v. EisentragerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ahrens v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Carbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Eisentrager v. ForrestalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Clark v. HendrixDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1975
- Silver v. DunbarDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1967
- Hammond v. LangloisDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1962
- Powell v. LangloisDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1962