United States Ex Rel. Kirk v. Kirkpatrick

MEMORANDUM

BODY, District Judge.

Before the Court is the request of Jonathan Kirk, a minor, for a writ of habeas corpus.

Relator, who is fifteen years old, was adjudged a delinquent in the Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Court Division, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and committed by order of the court to St. Gabriel’s Hall on August 11, 1970. Relator, who is now at St. Gabriel’s Hall, must remain there from nine to fourteen months, according to the rules of the institution as explained to this Court in the answer of Brother Kirkpatrick, the Administrator of St. Gabriel’s Hall.

Relator’s…