LAKE v. CAMERON

No. 17531.

331 F.2d 771 (1964)

Catherine LAKE, Appellant, v. Dale CAMERON, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant filed a brief, pro se, and her case was treated as submitted thereon.

No brief was filed on behalf of appellee. Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, and David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, entered appearances for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

On October 11, 1962, appellant filed in the District Court an omnibus pleading — styled "Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and Also a Writ of Prohibition" — naming as respondents the Superintendent of the District of Columbia General Hospital, a Miss Bentley of the United States Public Health Service, and a Miss Jenkins of the Social Service Agency. On the same day appellant was transferred from the District of Columbia General Hospital...

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