DAVIS v. JOHNSTON

No. 10845.

144 F.2d 859 (1944)

DAVIS v. JOHNSTON, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 20, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Boyce Davis, in pro. per., for relator.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., of San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.

Before DENMAN and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner for a writ of certiorari, also moving for release on bail, a prisoner in the custody of respondent, warden of the United States Penitentiary at Alcatraz, California, has pending here the above entitled appeal from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The ground of the order denying the petition is stated in the order to be "because of the petitioner's contumacious conduct in court."

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