JOHNSON v. SWOPE

No. 32492.

109 F.Supp. 702 (1953)

JOHNSON v. SWOPE.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

January 22, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Elgin Johnson, in pro. per.


HARRIS, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks his release from Alcatraz penitentiary by means of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He challenges the validity of the sentence imposed on one of two counts by the trial court April 18, 1944.

Petitioner alleges that he is unable to comply with the requirements of 28 U.S. C.A. § 2255, which section specifies that a prisoner must move the court which imposes the sentence to correct such sentence. Petitioner...

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