ORENCIA v. OVERHOLSER

No. 9456.

163 F.2d 763 (1947)

ORENCIA v. OVERHOLSER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided August 11, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick De Joseph, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Oliver O. Dibble, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.

By this appeal Mrs. Mary Orencia asks us to reverse an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia discharging a writ of habeas corpus which had been issued pursuant to her petition.

Her first application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed on April 3, 1945, based on the ground that she had been restored to mental health. The writ was granted...

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