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SANDERS v. BENNETT

No. 8886.

148 F.2d 19 (1945)

SANDERS v. BENNETT, Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided March 5, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

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.

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

The sole question raised on this appeal is whether a court in the District of Columbia has jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus against the Attorney General of the United States or his representative on petition of a federal prisoner confined outside the District of Columbia.

By statute all persons convicted of an offense against the United States are committed to the custody of...

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