Legal Opinion
Matter of the Application of Robert Cameron for an Alternative Writ of Mandamus
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1957No. Misc. 668PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Prior to June 19, 1957, Robert Cameron, a prisoner in the Oregon State Penitentiary, under sentence of an Oregon court, addressed and presented to this court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus directed to Clarence T. Gladden, Warden of said Penitentiary. As this court, as such, is not authorized to grant writs of habeas corpus, (Title 28 U.S. C.A., § 2241 (a)), a division of this court noted on June 19,1957 the court’s lack of power to entertain the petition. As each individual Circuit Judge in that division declined to entertain the application for a writ of habeas corpus, as permitted…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Holophane Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- George T. Jordan v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia, George T. Jordan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- State of Oregon, Ex Rel. Earl Sherwood v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden of the Oregon State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Simpson v. TeetsSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Herman Hayman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Dupree Poe v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden of the Oregon State Pententiary, Salem, OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Dimitri Kapsalis v. Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Dupree Poe v. Clarence T. Gladden, Warden of the Oregon State Pententiary, Salem, OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961