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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF ILLINOIS

No. 16056.

395 F.2d 689 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. George John ELLIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 27, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George John Ellis, pro se.

William G. Clark, Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., John J. O'Toole, Robert F. Nix, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel, for appellees.

Before MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge, and KILEY and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment on the district court's "own motion" dismissing, without a hearing, the "Petition for U. S. Action" filed by Ellis, an Illinois prisoner, as failing to "state a claim upon which relief can be granted." We affirm.

The district court properly treated the petition1 as seeking a writ of habeas corpus. The petition alleges: Ellis was sentenced to a term of one year to life in an...

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