UNITED STATES v. BIBB

No. 12012.

249 F.2d 839 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Fred HUNTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph D. BIBB, Director, etc., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

December 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Sweeney, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Latham Castle, Atty. Gen., Theodore G. Maheras, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Wines, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel, for appellee.

Before FINNEGAN, HASTINGS and PARKINSON, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

Hunter's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was dismissed by the district court because: (1) he had not exhausted his state court remedies and, (2) of the pendency of Illinois post-conviction proceedings. Ill.Rev.Stat.1957, chap. 38, par. 826 et seq. When he appealed to this court respondent, relying on the absence of a certificate of probable cause, moved for dismissal and we took that motion with the case. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253; Joyner...

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