Edmond C. Fletcher v. Honorable Albert v. Bryan, a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

By a petition filed November 7, 1958, the petitioner sought a writ of mandamus, directed to the defendant, requiring the defendant to recognize Fletcher as a duly licensed attorney enrolled and qualified to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, to vacate certain prior orders of the District Judge with reference to Fletcher’s status as a member of the Bar of that Court and to produce for review and consideration the records of the proceedings conducted before the late Judge Way in April and June 1933 in Case No. 5783 in the District Court for the…