White v. Pescor

GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing without hearing appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Appellant, an inmate of the United States Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri, applied to the District Court for the Western District of Missouri for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner alleged that he was unlawfully detained by the respondent in the United States Medical Center at Springfield, Missouri; that the color of authority by virtue of which he is restrained is a warrant of commitment issued by the District Court of the United States for the District…