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SWISHER v. UNITED STATES

No. 17372.

326 F.2d 97 (1964)

Thomas T. SWISHER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 13, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyman Wickersham, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

F. Russell Millin, U. S. Atty., Clifford M. Spottsville, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., Abraham Newrow, Lieutenant Colonel, JAGC, Office of Judge Advocate General, Dept. of Army, Washington, D. C., and Joseph J. DeFrancesco, Captain, JAGC, Office of Judge Advocate General, Dept. of the Army, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before VOGEL, BLACKMUN and RIDGE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The conviction of appellant at court-martial having been affirmed by higher authority, he filed petition for writ of habeas corpus in the District Court, raising the question of his mental competency to stand trial on the charges preferred against him. The District Court dismissed appellant's petition for a writ,1 without requiring response to be made thereto by the Warden of the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, at Springfield...

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