Lee v. Kritzman

FERGUSON, District Judge.

On January 8, 1975, plaintiff filed suit against the Clerk of this court, contending that he had improperly refused to accept plaintiff’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Plaintiff seeks an injunction against the enforcement of the local court rule by dint of which the Clerk rejected his petition. The relevant facts are as follows.

1. Local Rule 19 (a) 1 of this court requires that all habeas corpus petitions shall be on forms supplied by the court. General Order 144 adopts the specific form approved by the court. Copies of the Rule, the relevant amendment, the…