SMITH v. HARRIS

Civ. A. No. 14270-4.

237 F.Supp. 665 (1964)

Joseph Orby SMITH, Petitioner, v. Dr. Jesse D. HARRIS, Warden, Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

As Amended January 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. J. Taylor, of Neale, Newman, Bradshaw, Freeman & Neale, Springfield, Mo., Charles Hamel, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner.

John Harry Wiggins, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for respondent.


BECKER, District Judge.

This is the latest memorandum opinion and order upon an apparently innumerable and unending series of harassing and sometimes irrational post conviction proceedings by petitioner. See a partial history of these in Smith v. Settle (W.D.Mo.) 212 F.Supp. 622. [When asked at an evidentiary hearing how many prior proceedings this opinion omitted petitioner replied. "Oh, a garbage bucketful. I'm telling you....

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