UNITED STATES v. CARSON

Civ. A. No. 12718.

126 F.Supp. 137 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Harold PETERS, Complainant, v. President Judge Roy I. CARSON and John M. Good, Clerk of Courts, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for complainant.

Adolph L. Zeman, Canonsburg, Pa., Elliott W. Finkel, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

In this proceeding a person sentenced by a State Judge, after conviction in trial by jury of a criminal offense, brings action for damages against the Judge and the Clerk of the criminal branch of said court.

Jurisdiction is grounded in this court upon the Civil Rights Statutes, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986.

The action is premised on the failure of the sentencing judge to hear and determine a habeas corpus...

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