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NORWOOD v. JACOBS

No. 23214.

430 F.2d 903 (1970)

Elijah NORWOOD, a/k/a Elijah Williams, Jr. v. Louis JACOBS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren R. King, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Miss Mary E. Folliard, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Andrew L. Geisler, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, LEVENTHAL and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On November 1, 1957, appellee was committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital as a sexual psychopath pursuant to provisions of 22 D.C.Code §§ 3501-3510 (1967). On April 29, 1969, the District Court, acting on appellee's application for a writ of habeas corpus, ordered that, since appellee is mentally ill, the writ be issued and made absolute and petitioner discharged from custody "at the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date hereof unless...

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