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MILLARD v. CAMERON

No. 19584.

373 F.2d 468 (1966)

Maurice I. MILLARD, Appellant, v. Dale C. CAMERON, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David Carliner, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), with whom Messrs. Jack Wasserman and James Siena, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Miss Carol Garfiel, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Max Frescoln, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

In this habeas corpus case appellant attacks his confinement in Saint Elizabeths Hospital. The Municipal Court, now the Court of General Sessions, committed him as a "sexual psychopath"1 on October 17, 1962. He appeals from the District Court's denial of his habeas corpus petition, on the grounds that the court erred in: (1) finding that his commitment, based solely on the "boiler-plate" report of two psychiatrists...

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