Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Hammershoy v. Director of Connecticut Correctional Center
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 22, 1969No. Civ. No. 13076PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Chief Judge.
Petitioner is being held in the state jail at Bridgeport, Connecticut, having been arrested on or about March 22, 1969 at Stamford, Connecticut, pursuant to a fugitive warrant issued by Kentucky authorities seeking his extradition. He has filed in the District Court for the District of Connecticut a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. For the reasons stated below, the petition is denied without prejudice.
Two claims are made in the instant petition: (1) that no proper extradition demand has been made, and (2) that petitioner’s Kentucky…
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