WRIGHT v. JOHNSTON

No. 10971.

149 F.2d 648 (1945)

Cecil L. WRIGHT, Petitioner and Appellant, v. James A. JOHNSTON, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz, Cal., Respondent and Appellee.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 18, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil L. Wright, in pro. per., for appellant.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., and Joseph Karesh, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, MATHEWS, and BONE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant has made no fewer than eight petitions for writ of habeas corpus in the Federal courts of this jurisdiction. In one of these cases, No. 23647-S, heard before Judge A. F. St. Sure, appellant made the same contention that he makes in the present petition. The court then made exhaustive findings relative thereto. The court found that appellant was not denied the right of assistance of counsel and that he was duly represented by counsel. In the instant...

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