United States of America, Ex Rel. Thomas Goins v. Maurice Sigler, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana

This matter coming on for hearing is submitted upon oral argument for the appellant and for the appellee on the motion for stay of execution pending appeal for such further orders as to the Court may seem proper. The Court has examined also the original record furnished by the Clerk of the District Court. It appears from the record that upon the filing of the petition for writ of habeas corpus the District Court allowed the petitioner to proceed in forma pauperis and granted a show cause order. Thereafter, upon an oral hearing and without any written response to the show cause order the…