HENLEY v. ELLIS

No. 15695.

228 F.2d 657 (1956)

John HENLEY, Appellant, v. O. B. ELLIS, General Manager, Texas Prison System, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henley, in pro. per.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen. of Texas, John A. Wild, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

When this habeas corpus proceeding was here on former appeal, we held that:

"in some way, by the granting of the writ, the issuance of a show cause order, or otherwise, the petitioner should have the opportunity of developing a record upon which his rights may be intelligently and certainly determined and reviewed." Henley v. Moore, 5 Cir., 218 F.2d 589, 590.

On remand, the district court declined...

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