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BENTON v. REID

No. 13188.

231 F.2d 780 (1956)

Francis A. BENTON, Appellant, v. Curtis REID, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Dwyer, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Andrew Conlyn, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, for appellee. Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Asst. Corporation Counsel, also entered appearances for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Benton is a chronic sufferer from tuberculosis, in communicable form. Finding that his being at large would endanger the public health, the Director of Public Health sought and obtained an order of the Municipal Court for his detention, under Section 6-119b of the D.C.Code 1951. The Director caused him to be confined in the hospital section of the District of Columbia jail. That section is an integral part of the jail, and is similarly...

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