James W. Ballentine v. Medical Officer in Charge, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky

James W. Ball entine appeals from an order of the District Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He had been convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of violation of the narcotics law relating to heroin, and had been sentenced to a term of five years on two counts, the sentences to run concurrently. He was first confined to the United States Public Health Service Hospital at Lexington, Kentucky, and is now at the United States Correctional Institution at Milan, Michigan, pursuant to the sentence. Appellant claims that the…