In re Payton

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that petitioner is being illegally held in custody.

The undisputed facts are these:

Petitioner is a parolee from San Quentin Prison. On *836November 24, 1944, he was placed in the custody of the Sheriff of Los Angeles County at the instance of his parole officer. Thereafter at a meeting of the Adult Authority, held at San Francisco on December 8, 1944, an order* was made suspending petitioner’s parole. Such order did not state the cause upon which the order of suspension was predicated. Petitioner relies for his release upon…