UNITED STATES v. WARDEN OF CITY PRISON, BROOKLYN, N. Y.

No. 63-M-317.

217 F.Supp. 373 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. William Calvin TUCKER, Petitioner, v. The WARDEN OF CITY PRISON, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

April 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, N. Y., for petitioner, John L. Sullivan, New York City, of counsel.

Edward S. Silver, Dist. Atty., Kings County, Brooklyn, N. Y., for respondent.


MISHLER, District Judge.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus prays for relief upon the ground (1) "that extradition papers are insufficient and defective" and (2) that he "is held in custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States."

Application was made to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The petition states that any further steps to protect the rights of the Relator would be futile and, further, there is no corrective process...

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