Legal Opinion
Swisher v. United States
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided December 31, 1962No. 14178-1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
This case pends on a petition for writ of habeas corpus. In accordance with our usual practice, petitioner is granted leave to proceed in this Court in forma pauperis.
On May 18, 1962, we denied an earlier application for habeas corpus filed by this same petitioner. It is apparent from that earlier proceeding that petitioner is a military prisoner. He was tried and convicted by a General Court-Martial convened at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. On August 29, 1958, he was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged, to forfeit all pay and allowances, and to be confined…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Burns v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hiatt v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Michael Lefton v. The City of Hattiesburg, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Thomas T. Swisher v. United States of America, Thomas T. Swisher v. United States of America, and Dr. Jesse D. Harris, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Swisher v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1965
- Thomas T. Swisher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Thomas T. Swisher v. R. I. Moseley, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Rawls v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1963