UNITED STATES v. YEAGER

Civ. Nos. 465-67, 671-67.

285 F.Supp. 780 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Robert LEWIS, No. 42061, Petitioner, v. Howard YEAGER, Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison, Respondent. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Esaw MITCHELL, No. 42060, Petitioner, v. Warren PINTO, Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison Farm, Rahway, New Jersey, Respondent.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

May 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lewis, pro se.

Esaw Mitchell, pro se.

A. Donald Bigley, Prosecutor, Camden County, Camden, N. J., for respondents.


THOMAS M. MADDEN, District Judge:

Petitioners, Esaw Mitchell and Robert Lewis, each seek the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq., alleging that they are unlawfully confined in the New Jersey State Prison by virtue of sentences of imprisonment imposed by the Camden County Court. The petitioners each filed separate petitions but the Court will dispose of them in this one opinion.

Petitioner Esaw Mitchell asserts that...

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