Legal Opinion
Newton v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 30, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 71-H-836PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner in state custody, has filed a motion to vacate sentence, 28 U.S.C. § 2255, in which he attacks a federal conviction. As the sentencing Judge now sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the petition was assigned to the docket of this Court. It appearing that petitioner is indigent, leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, for proceedings in this Court only, 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The Clerk shall file the petition.
Although petitioner has not attempted to enlighten the Court as to how he came to be where…
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