UNITED STATES EX REL. JENNINGS v. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

No. 18169.

429 F.2d 522 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John Amos JENNINGS, Appellant, v. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Amos Jennings, pro se.

William C. Gumble, Dist. Atty., Milford, Pa., for appellee.

Before FREEDMAN, SEITZ and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the New Jersey district court dismissing for lack of jurisdiction appellant's pro se habeas corpus petition in which the State of Pennsylvania is named as respondent.

Appellant's petition fairly shows the following facts. Appellant is in a New Jersey prison serving a 7 to 20 year term imposed by a New Jersey state court. That sentence is not attacked. Shortly after he...

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