Jordan v. Steiner

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

This case is before me on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the Warden of the Maryland House of Correction, filed by George Thomas Jordan with Honorable Simon E. Sobeloff, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and referred by Judge Sobeloff to me in accordance with 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241(b). An almost identical petition filed by petitioner with me a few days before is also pending, but petitioner has advised me that the petition filed with Judge Sobeloff is the more accurate statement of his contentions.

Petitioner was charged…