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UNITED STATES v. FISH

No. 65 Civ. 1904.

259 F.Supp. 146 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. America MENDEZ, Relator, v. Lillian V. FISH, Superintendent of the Westfield State Farm of the State of New York, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 15, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Wolfe, New York City, for relator; Steven W. Wolfe, New York City, of counsel.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of New York, for respondent; Brenda Soloff, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge:

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner presently incarcerated in the Westfield State Farm, at Bedford Hills, New York. She is there under a sentence imposed on a plea of guilty to a charge of abortion. Petitioner alleges that her detention is in violation of the Federal Constitution.

From the papers submitted by petitioner through her attorney and the opposing papers...

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