WEST v. DEVITT

No. 17247.

311 F.2d 787 (1963)

Clifford R. WEST, Petitioner, v. Edward J. DEVITT, Chief District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 15, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas MacLeod, St. Louis, Mo., S. Eldridge Sampliner, Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry Alan Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner.

Edward B. Hayes and C. R. Peterson, of Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., and Henry Halladay and Curtis Roy of Dorsey, Owen, Marquart, Windhorst & West, Minneapolis, Minn., for respondent.

Before JOHNSEN, Chief Judge, and MATTHES, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner's motion for leave to file an application for a writ of mandamus or prohibition without payment of docketing fee is granted, under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1916. The application to have a writ issued is, however, denied.

The writ was sought in relation to an action to recover for injuries from unseaworthiness and for maintenance and cure under the admiralty and maritime laws of the United States. The object was to prevent respondent, as judge...

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