JOHNSON v. ECKLE

No. 13757.

269 F.2d 836 (1959)

John M. JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R. B. ECKLE, Superintendent, London Prison Farm, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Johnson, in pro. per., for appellant.

William Saxbe and Walter M. Shea, Columbus, Ohio, for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Judge, McALLISTER, Circuit Judge, and CECIL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the order of the District Court dismissing appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that it was moot. Appellant had been sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary on an indeterminate sentence of from one to fifteen years, for the offense of theft. After his petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed, and before hearing of the petition, appellant was released from incarceration, on parole. He

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