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McCLOSKEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND

No. 9100.

337 F.2d 72 (1964)

James G. McCLOSKEY, Appellant, v. STATE OF MARYLAND, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Lipsitz, Baltimore, Md. (Court-assigned counsel), for appellant.

Robert F. Sweeney, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Maryland (Thomas B. Finan, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, District Judge.

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

McCloskey, held as a defective delinquent1 in Maryland's Patuxent Institution, seeks a court order requiring officials of the Institution to permit him to engage in an extensive correspondence, one broader than any possible judicially enforceable right he may have. He does not question, in this proceeding, the legality of his detention. Under the circumstances, we conclude that dismissal of the petition without...

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