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BROOKS v. ANDERSON

No. 17412.

317 F.2d 179 (1963)

George BROOKS, Appellant, v. Sam A. ANDERSON, Superintendent, D. C. Jail, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Doyle, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel for District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. John R. Hess and Joseph G. Hitselberger, Asst. Corp. Counsel, also entered appearances for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

On September 14, 1962, George Brooks, an inmate of the District of Columbia Jail petitioned the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus, naming as respondent Sam A. Anderson, the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Jail. The petitioner alleged that his confinement was not by virtue of any order or judgment of any court, and that he was undergoing cruel and unusual punishment, which he described in detail.

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