Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Johnston
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 4, 1944No. 23930PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
t>ENMAN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus and a hearing upon his claim of right to be freed from confinement in the federal penitentiary at Alcatraz Island. His petition has not been presented to the available United States District Court for the Northern District of California nor to any of its district judges, and no special circumstances are shown why I should entertain it. The writ is denied and the petition dismissed for the reasons hereinafter stated.
*341It must be admitted that if the circuit judge’s function, with reference to the petition for the writ, is the same…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex Parte HudgingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Ex Parte ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Johnston v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
- United States Ex Rel. Bernstein v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1934
- In re WrightDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Leguillou v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Wright v. JohnstonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1948
- Chamberlain v. DelgadoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1960
- Remas v. SquierDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1944
- Davis v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
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