Earl Eugene Fitzpatrick v. Wayne K. Patterson, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary

This is an appeal by a confined Colorado state prisoner seeking reversal of an order of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado summarily denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellee was not required to and did not appear in the proceedings below.

Appellant set forth in his petition for a writ multiple grounds as premises for his alleged unlawful confinement. The petition also alleged that appellant’s conviction had been reviewed and all his contentions rejected by the Colorado Supreme Court. Fitzpatrick v. People, Colo., 412 P.2d 893. The district court…