UNITED STATES v. SNOW


219 F.Supp. 417 (1963)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Harry N. EGGLESTON v. Herman B. SNOW, Medical Director, Hudson River State Hospital, his agents, assigns and successors.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry N. Eggleston, relator, pro se.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of New York, for respondents; Flavius N. Costerella, Asst. Atty. Gen. of New York, of counsel.


METZNER, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a person who is held in Hudson River State Hospital as a mentally ill person. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis was granted on May 22, 1963. The petition appears to seek relator's release on three grounds: first, that he is no longer mentally ill; second, that in five prior proceedings for habeas corpus in the state courts he has been denied the rights of confrontation, compulsory process...

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