UNITED STATES v. WOLFE


232 F.Supp. 85 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Judith MORGAN, Petitioner, v. Solon C. WOLFE, M.D., Acting Superintendent of Matteawan State Hospital, Beacon, New York, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Snyder, New York City, for petitioner.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of New York, Isadore Siegel, New York City, of counsel, for respondent.


EDELSTEIN, District Judge.

Petitioner, an inmate of the Matteawan State Hospital for "insane criminals," N.Y.Correction Law, McKinney's Consol.Laws, c. 43, § 4001 has petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2242 (1952). Petitioner is presently confined as an insane person pursuant to an order of commitment issued by the Supreme Court of Kings County on June 24, 1957, and pursuant to an order of transfer...

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