Bass v. Hiatt

JOHNSON, District Judge.

The petitioner, Morris Bass, an inmate of the Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg, within the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has presented to this court his petition in forma pauperis for a writ of habeas corpus, and has secured a rule upon the respondent to show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. To this petition the respondent has duly filed his answer. From the petition and the response the following facts become apparent:

On June 24, 1942, the petitioner was sentenced by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York…