MITCHELL v. SHANK

No. 283.

105 F.Supp. 274 (1952)

MITCHELL v. SHANK, Warden.

United States District Court E. D. Kentucky, Catlettsburg Division.

May 16, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James William Mitchell, pro se.

Claude P. Stephens, U. S. Atty., Kit C. Elswick, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Lexington, Ky., for respondent.


SWINFORD, District Judge.

James William Mitchell is now held prisoner in the Federal Correctional Institution at Ashland, Kentucky. He is serving a fifteen months sentence imposed by Judge Leslie R. Darr, of the Eastern District of Tennessee. He filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis. He contends that he is entitled to the writ by reason of the following alleged facts:

On December 2, 1946, the petitioner was sentenced to the Tennessee...

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