Ex Parte Green

This is a motion by Winfield A. Green for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus against the federal district court for the western district of Washington to show cause why the writ should not issue requiring the judge thereof to conform to the opinion of this court in Langnes v. Green, 282 U. S. 531. In that case Green had brought an action against Langnes in a superior court of the State of Washington to recover damages for personal injury suffered while employed upon the “ Aloha,” a fishing vessel of which Langnes was the sole owner. Four months thereafter, while that action was…