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YELVINGTON v. PRESIDENTIAL PARDON & PAROLE ATTORNEYS

No. 11875.

211 F.2d 642 (1954)

YELVINGTON v. PRESIDENTIAL PARDON & PAROLE ATTORNEYS.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edmund L. Jones, Washington, D. C., appointed by this Court, for appellant.

Mr. John P. Arness, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. E. Riley Casey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and William J. Peck, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellees Kenneth V. Harvey and Daniel M. Lyons.

Mr. Lewis A. Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

In March of 1952 appellant, while incarcerated in the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, applied for executive clemency. Appellees, who are officials of the Department of Justice, notified appellant that his petition did not warrant consideration and would not, therefore, be sent to the President. The present action — entitled "Application for an Order for a Writ of Habeas Corpus-Mandamus" — was then filed in the...

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