Legal Opinion
Bledsoe v. Johnston
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 20, 1945No. 24843-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ST. SURE, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks his release from Alcatraz Penitentiary upon a writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that he has been unlawfully restrained of his liberty since September 15, 1944, due to the fact that he has fully served and discharged the sentences and judgments imposed upon him by the District Court of the United States, Eastern District of Texas, Paris Division, in Actions Nos. 1335 and 1166. Respondent moves to dismiss the petition.
On November 28, 1944, this court ordered that petitioner be returned to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Downey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- McKee v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
- McDonald v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Buie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
- Bledsoe v. JohnstonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1944
3Cited by1 opinion
- Butterfield v. WilkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954