FRUSH v. HAMNER

No. 970.

172 F.Supp. 283 (1959)

Ruth M. FRUSH v. Charles E. HAMNER, Superintendent, Huntington State Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia.

United States District Court S. D. West Virginia, at Huntington.

April 9, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth M. Frush, pro se.


HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

The petitioner, Ruth M. Frush, is presently confined in the Huntington State Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia, a mental institution, by order of a state court, and seeks her release by writ of habeas corpus. Briefly, she says that she is illegally detained because her constitutional rights were violated in connection with her arrest, hearing, and confinement; and, further, that the state statutes under which state authorities ordered...

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