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PUCKETT v. ELLIS

Civ. A. No. 2426.

157 F.Supp. 923 (1958)

Preston A. PUCKETT, Petitioner, v. O. B. ELLIS, General Manager, Texas Department of Corrections, and Eli F. Rushing, Warden, Texas Prison Eastham Farm No. 1, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Tyler Division.

January 6, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston A. Puckett, pro se.

Marvin R. Thomas, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., of Texas, for respondents.

SHEEHY, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, who is presently confined by respondents in a part of the Texas Penitentiary, located in Houston County, Texas, within this district and division, has filed herein a document he designated "Petition for Writ of Error in Judgment" seeking his release from the custody of respondents, which document has and will be treated as a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. The respondents have duly answered pursuant to a show cause order previously...

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