WIESENTHAL v. UNITED STATES

No. 18468.

322 F.2d 231 (1963)

James WIESENTHAL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rankin, Oneal, Luckhardt, Center, Longinotti & Ingram, and Charles E. Luckhardt, Jr., San Jose, Cal., for appellant.

Brockman Adams, U. S. Atty., and Charles W. Billinghurst, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tacoma, Wash., for appellee.

Before HAMLIN and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and KUNZEL, District Judge.


HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

James Wiesenthal, appellant herein, petitioned the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was being unlawfully detained in the United States Penitentiary at McNeill Island, Washington. The District Court denied the petition and a timely appeal to this court was taken.

In April, 1956, appellant, who had been convicted under a federal charge, was sentenced to serve...

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