Legal Opinion
Deans v. United States
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 29, 1967No. Civ. No. 12331Published
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, having petitioned this Court for an order in the nature of a writ of mandamus to compel respondents to release petitioner forthwith from the Federal Correctional Institution at Dan-bury, Connecticut, where petitioner alleges he is presently confined, having been sentenced by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, on September 23, 1966, to a term of three years imprisonment following conviction of violation of SO U.S.C. App. § 462 (1964); and
The Court having construed said petition as an application for a writ of habeas corpus, it…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lloyd Miles Washington v. C. R. Hagan, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- United States of America Ex Rel. Santiago Defillo, Relator-Appellant v. W. W. FitzpatrickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Hauck v. HiattCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
- Walton v. HiattDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1943
- Richard D. Peterson v. Hugh F. Rivers, D.C. Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965