TICKLE v. SUMMERS

No. 7968.

270 F.2d 848 (1959)

Robert TICKLE, Appellant, v. L. R. SUMMERS, Sheriff of Pulaski County, Virginia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. Hall, Jr., Richmond, Va., for appellant.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Virginia (A. S. Harrison, Jr., Atty. Gen., of Virginia, and Alton I. Crowell, Commonwealth's Attorney, Pulaski County, Pulaski, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The court is called upon by this appeal to examine two orders of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, dismissing a petition and an amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner, Robert Tickle, is incarcerated in the jail of Pulaski County, Virginia, under a warrant issued by the Governor of Virginia at the request of the Governor of New York in an extradition proceeding. Petitioner's removal...

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