United States ex rel. Thompson v. Cavell

GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceeding arising out of a state prosecution, petition is directed to the President Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to set aside and strike from the record orders entered by the Honorable Plerbert P. Sorg, an associate member of the court, refusing writ of habeas corpus and denying application for certificate of probable cause.

Petitioner advances the legal thesis that since the original petition for writ of habeas corpus was presented to the Honorable Rabe F. Marsh, Jr., an associate member of the…