SHOPE v. SWOPE

No. 33605.

122 F.Supp. 910 (1954)

SHOPE v. SWOPE.

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

June 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Shope, in pro. per.

Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., Richard H. Foster, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.


HAMLIN, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks habeas corpus for release from Alcatraz on the grounds that his term, minus good time allowances, has been served. He was sentenced to six years on December 16, 1946, the term to commence running on that date. He was sentenced to two years and six months for another offense on June 9, 1950, the sentence to commence running at the expiration of the previous sentence. Good time allowances were based on a term of eight years and...

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