UNITED STATES v. MYERS

No. M-3044.

244 F.Supp. 826 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Robert HENSON v. David N. MYERS, Superintendent, and Clarence B. Wolfe, Deputy Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, Pennsylvania.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Henson pro se.

Edward G. Baver, Jr., City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


WOOD, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought by a state prisoner on July 19, 1965 to enjoin the superintendents of a state correctional institution from interfering with petitioner's right to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts. He had previously filed a petition for such a writ which was dismissed for failure to exhaust available state remedies (Misc. No. M-2992).

Henson alleges that the prison officials have denied him...

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