Legal Opinion
James E. Lewis v. D. C. Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 8, 1976No. 75-1717PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order of the district court which dismissed for lack of jurisdiction three pro se petitions, which had been consolidated. All three were captioned as habeas corpus petitions.
The first pertained to the conditions of confinement in the D.C. Jail. The trial judge was apparently under the impression that petitioner was in confinement solely under an order of the District of Columbia Superior Court, as this had been the finding of the magistrate. The trial judge was in error on this point, for petitioner had been sentenced to the D.C. Jail by an order of the United States…
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- James E. McCall v. C. L. Swain, Superintendent, Lorton ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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