JEFFERSON v. WILLINGHAM

No. 8802.

366 F.2d 353 (1966)

John C. JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. J. T. WILLINGHAM, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

September 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Mallon, Kansas City, Kan., for appellant.

Benjamin E. Franklin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kansas (Newell A. George, U. S. Atty., and James R. Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PICKETT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and PAYNE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Jefferson, by this habeas corpus proceeding, seeks his release from the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, upon the ground that the sentence under which he is being confined has been served in full. He appeals from an order dismissing his petition without a hearing.

The pleadings disclose that on May 6, 1963, Jefferson was granted a mandatory release after serving 621 days of his total sentences of six years. On November...

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