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UNITED STATES EX REL. SUMRELL v. YORK

Civ. No. 12659.

288 F.Supp. 955 (1968)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Ada SUMRELL v. Janet S. YORK, Superintendent, Connecticut State Farm for Women.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

July 31, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Trowbridge, Bridgeport, Conn., for petitioner.

Donald A. Browne, Bridgeport, Conn., Otto Saur, State's Atty. for Fairfield County, for respondent.

RULING ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CLARIE, District Judge.

The petitioner, Ada Sumrell, is a state prisoner presently confined at the Connecticut State Farm for Women, in Niantic. She seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, and permission to proceed in forma pauperis, 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Her sole claim is that the statute under which she was sentenced, Connecticut General Statutes, § 17-3601...

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