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United States ex rel. Saunders v. Richmond

District Court, D. Connecticut

Decided May 29, 1961No. Civ. Nos. 8268, 8530, 8777PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TIMBERS, District Judge.

Petitioner, a prisoner in the Connecticut State Prison at Wethersfield, has filed *671a petition — his fifth in this Court1 — for a writ of habeas corpus (28 U.S.C. § 2242), together with a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and a motion for appointment of counsel.

While not required to do so in view of the legal insufficiency of the petition, nevertheless, in view of the frequency and persistence with which petitioner has sought redress in this Court of what he undoubtedly believes are deprivations of his federal rights, the Court upon its own initiative has…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Wojculewicz v. CummingsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
  5. Collins v. FrisbieCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. United States ex rel. Saunders v. ReinckeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1962

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