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DIXON v. JACOBS

No. 23378.

427 F.2d 589 (1970)

Dennis A. DIXON, Appellant, v. Louis JACOBS, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Opinion April 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Charles R. Halpern and Stephen B. Rosenberg, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. David J. Newberger, Washington, D. C., was on the motion, for appellant.

Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Oscar Altshuler, and Gregory C. Brady, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the motion, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and LEVENTHAL and ROBB, Circuit Judges, in Chambers.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

This case presents several questions concerning the procedure to be followed by Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the District Court when a patient involuntarily committed desires his release. The appellant here was committed to the hospital in 1964, after his acquittal on grounds of insanity of charges of murder and assault with intent to commit carnal knowledge. On May 29, 1969, he petitioned the District Court pro se for a writ of habeas...

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