United States Ex Rel. Bernstein v. Hill

This is an appeal from an order by Judge Woolley declining to entertain an original petition for writ of habeas eorpus. The order reads: “In order to preserve my appellate jurisdiction and to insure the orderly conduct of the business of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1 decline to entertain the above-entitled petition for a writ of habeas corpus.”

The appellant contends that Judge Woolley erred in entering the above order. Turning to the merits of the petition, we find that it is based upon the allegation that the District Court had no jurisdiction to impose separate…