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WROBEL v. OVERHOLSER

No. 8852.

145 F.2d 859 (1944)

WROBEL v. OVERHOLSER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 4, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rudolph Joseph Wrobel, Jr., pro se.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before MILLER, EDGERTON and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court, challenging the legality of his commitment to St. Elizabeths Hospital and of his continued confinement. The writ was granted and on July 17, 1944, a hearing was held thereon, after which the Court continued the hearing until July 24, 1944 and entered the following order in the lunacy proceeding No. 25577, In the Matter of Rudolph J. Wrobel, under which the petitioner...

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