BROWN v. KEARNEY

No. 19313.

302 F.2d 22 (1962)

Jack Kenneth BROWN, Appellant, v. J. O. KEARNEY, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Texarkana, Texas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack K. Brown, pro. se.

Wm. Wayne Justice, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal in forma pauperis from the district court's denial, after a hearing, of the petition of a federal prisoner for issuance of the writ of habeas corpus. The sole law question presented is whether a federal prisoner, sentenced by two different federal courts to serve two consecutive sentences, commences to serve the second on the date upon which he would be entitled to mandatory release from the first, were it the only sentence. We hold that...

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