YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.
Petitioner has filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from St. Elizabeths Hospital. The facts giving rise to this present proceeding are as follows:
Petitioner was arrested on the evening of February 2, 1958, on a charge of drunkenness. He was charged the following day in Municipal Court and pleaded guilty when his case was brought before that court on February 11.
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