LEIGH v. GAFFNEY

No. L-1127.

318 F.Supp. 85 (1970)

Howard E. LEIGH, Petitioner, v. R. J. GAFFNEY, Warden, substituted for Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

February 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Frizzell, Atty. Gen. of Kansas, and Edward G. Collister, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

No appearance for petitioner.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TEMPLAR, District Judge.

1. Leigh has lodged with the Clerk of this court his application for writ of habeas corpus together with his affidavit in support of a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1915. Upon examination of the papers so lodged, the Court makes the following findings and order:

2. It appears that Leigh is in the custody of the respondent Warden under color of authority of the...

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