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JOHNSTON v. WRIGHT.

No. 10331.

137 F.2d 914 (1943)

JOHNSTON v. WRIGHT.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 7, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Hennessy, U.S. Atty., and A. J. Zirpoli, Asst. U.S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Cecil Wright, in pro. per.

Before GARRECHT, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, Cecil Wright, is confined in the United States Penitentiary at Alcatraz, California, by James A. Johnston, warden of that institution. Believing such imprisonment to be illegal, Wright has presented a petition to Honorable William Denman, a member of this court, in which he states the basis of his claim and prays that the writ of habeas corpus should issue and that he be awarded his freedom.

The writ issued and the warden...

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