UNITED STATES v. OGILVIE

No. 15315.

360 F.2d 925 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Charles TOWNSEND, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard B. OGILVIE, Sheriff of Cook County, and Jack Johnson, Warden of Cook County Jail, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Ming, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Atty. of Cook County, Donald J. Veverka, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., Edward J. Hladis, Chief of Civil Division, for appellees.

Before DUFFY, KNOCH, and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

On the last occasion the petitioner was before this court, an order of the district court granting a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to a petition filed nearly eight years ago under section 2241 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, was reversed on the ground that the petitioner was not being confined in violation of federal law.1 United States ex rel. Townsend v. Ogilvie, 334 F.2d 837

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