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APPEL v. OVERHOLSER

No. 9483.

164 F.2d 511 (1947)

APPEL v. OVERHOLSER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided November 10, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin A. Mooers, Jr., of Washington, D. C., (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., and Oliver Dibble, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and CLARK and WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justices.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final order of the United States District Court dismissing a petition for habeas corpus, discharging the writ and remanding appellant to the custody of the Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital.

The record shows that appellant has been an inmate of the hospital since 1926. In the last four years three or four writs have issued to compel his release, but in each case the writ was discharged and petitioner returned to...

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