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CAPLAN v. CAMERON

No. 19815.

369 F.2d 195 (1966)

Meyer CAPLAN, Appellant, v. Dale C. CAMERON, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wilmer Mechlin, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Robert Kenly Webster, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and DANAHER and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Petitioner, acting pro se, filed this habeas corpus petition seeking release from Saint Elizabeths Hospital. He had been involuntarily committed by the District Court following its determination that he was not guilty by reason of insanity of assault with a dangerous weapon in February 1965. At the habeas hearing, where he was represented by appointed counsel, it appeared that petitioner's schizophrenia is now in remission and that the Hospital...

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