Legal Opinion
Wright v. Johnston
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 8, 1943No. 23793PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
Wright’s petition for writ of habeas corpus was addressed to the Honorable Michael J. Roche, one of the Judges of this court. The petitioner accompanied the petition with a letter in which he stated: “this petition is not addressed to the Court but to your Honor as a district Judge.” The petition was filed with the clerk, and, in accordance with the rules of the court, was assigned, and, by lot, fell to me. I have conferred with Judge Roche and he has advised me that he authorized the filing of the petition with the clerk so that it would receive the attention of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex Parte ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- State v. SullivanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina · 1892
- United States Ex Rel. Bernstein v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
- Sweetney v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- O'Brien v. SwopeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Bernard v. Warden of Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1946
- Burall v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
- Burall v. JohnstonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1943
- Rutkowski v. JohnstonDistrict Court, D. California · 1943
- Rutkowski v. St. SureCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944