Legal Opinion
Woods v. Rodgers
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 15, 1967No. 383-67PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This is a hearing on a return to a writ of habeas corpus. The only question involved at this stage of this proceeding is a question of jurisdiction, namely, whether this Court has jurisdiction of the proceeding or whether the petitioner’s remedy is by a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The salient facts are as follows. On March 17, 1958 the defendant was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on a number of charges of possession of stolen securities of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- David Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
- Finley v. IsettSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
3Cited by4 opinions
- Lawrence Leroy Farrow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Manuel Napoles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Graham v. BlackwellDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1969
- Lawrence Leroy Farrow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978