Legal Opinion

Herbert Harrison Loum v. R. W. Alvis, Warden, Ohio State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 27, 1959No. 836PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Per curiam

Petitioner seeks to proceed in forma pauperis and to file in this Court a petition for habeas corpus which alleges that he is now being detained illegally and unlawfully imprisoned by the respondent Warden of the Ohio State Penitentiary in violation of his constitutional rights.

There is no jurisdiction in this Court to grant a writ of habeas corpus. Sec. 2241(a), Title 28, U.S.Code; Posey v. Dowd, 7 Cir., 134 F.2d 613, certiorari denied, 319 U.S. 746, 63 S.Ct. 1032, 87 L.Ed. 1701; Taylor v. Squier, 9 Cir., 183 F.2d 67.

The motion for leave .to proceed in forma pauperis and the application for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Posey v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1943
  2. Taylor v. SquierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. United States v. Lawrence Brooks in No. 98-7419Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  2. In the Matter of the Requested Extradition of Desmond MacKin by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United States of America v. Desmond MacKin Desmond MacKin v. George v. Grant, United States Marshal for the Southern District of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
  3. Darrel F. Parker v. Maurice M. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  4. Filiberto Ojeda Rios v. George Wigen, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  5. United States v. MackinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981

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