Jones v. Hiatt

JOHNSON, District Judge.

Ellis O. Jones, a resident of the state of California and a citizen of the United States, held in custody as a prisoner in the United States Penitentiary at Lewis-burg, in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has presented to this Court his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner is held under a warrant of commitment issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

The petitioner alleges that his detention is illegal and assigns as reason supporting his contention, (1) that he was removed, from Washington, D. C., to the…