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McLAREN v. PEYTON

Civ. A. No. 66-C-46.

262 F.Supp. 120 (1966)

Thomas Edward McLAREN, Petitioner, v. C. C. PEYTON, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Virginia, Danville Division.

December 15, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for petitioner.

Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

This case comes before the Court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Thomas Edward McLaren, a state prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2241; said petition being filed in forma pauperis.

On June 11, 1965, petitioner was sentenced to thirty years on five indictments for forgery and uttering in the Danville Corporation Court, Danville, Virginia. As part of that thirty...

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