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United States ex rel. Hansuer v. Commonwealth

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided December 30, 1968No. 3953PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

This is a petition by a State prisoner requesting this Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus because the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania refuses to provide him without charge with copies of “Docket entries, Indictments, Notes of Testimony, Commitment, Bills of Exceptions, Etc.”, relating to his criminal proceedings in the State courts or, in the alternative, to order a certain State Court judge, pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, to direct the Clerk of the Quarter Sessions Court of Lehigh County to provide him with copies of those…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Roberts v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Pritt v. JohnsonDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
  5. Washington v. Official Court StenographerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Cassoday v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. BallemSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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