Legal Opinion
Moss v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 15, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 9348PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FOLLMER, District Judge.
James F. Moss is a State prisoner at the State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has submitted a document entitled “Petition For Injunction” and requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Said petition challenges the constitutionality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s “Post Conviction Hearing Act,” No. 554, effective March 1, 1966, and seeks injunctive relief.
As stated by Judge Sorg in United States ex rel. Wakeley v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 257 F.Supp. 644 (W.D.Pa. Decided March 31, 1966, currently unreported):
“Petitioner does not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States ex rel. Wakeley v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
3Cited by5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SheehanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. TinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Commonwealth ex rel. Wardrop v. Warden, State Correctional InstitutionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- United States ex rel. Miller v. RussellDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- Commonwealth v. TinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969