DROLET v. GAVIN

No. 5254.

248 F.2d 809 (1957)

Sylvio J. DROLET, Petitioner, Appellant, v. John J. GAVIN, Principal Officer, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

October 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvio J. Drolet, pro se.

Fred L. True, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., George Fingold, Atty. Gen., on the brief, for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY and HARTIGAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for writ of habeas corpus and denying the writ. Since petitioner was a state prisoner, it was necessary for him to obtain a certificate of probable cause in order to perfect an appeal to this court. 28 U.S.C. § 2253. The district court so certified.

As to the factual basis for the application, all we have before us are the allegations contained in the petition.

It appears that petitioner...

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