LATNEY v. IGNATIUS

No. 21681.

416 F.2d 821 (1969)

James Henry LATNEY, Able-bodied Seaman, United States Merchant Marine, Appellant, v. Paul R. IGNATIUS, Secretary of the Navy, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur John Keeffe of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, and Mr. Thomas A. Rothwell, Jr., New York City, for appellant.

Mr. Thomas C. Green, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before DANAHER, LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appellant here challenges the District Court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under circumstances and with respect to issues which we will set forth in some detail.

On August 11, 1967, appellant was arrested by military police in DaNang, South Vietnam, and was subsequently charged with premeditated murder1 in connection with the fatal stabbing of one Trimm in Mamasan's Beach Bar, DaNang East...

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