Reilly v. Hiatt

WATSON, District Judge.

On July 27, 1945, Joseph W. Reilly, hereinafter referred to as the “petitioner”, forwarded to this Court a paper labeled a “Petition for Writ of Injunction”. The filing fee was not submitted with the paper and was not received until November 5, 1945 when petitioner accompanied the filing fee with a paper labeled “Amendment to Petition for Writ of Injunction”.

The petition alleges that petitioner is an inmate of the Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg, and that the Warden, respondent, illegally withheld or delayed the transmission of letters written by the petitioner.…