ASHE v. ROBINSON

No. 71-1138.

450 F.2d 681 (1971)

Walter ASHE, Appellant, v. Luther D. ROBINSON.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

September 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert J. Golten, Washington, D. C., was on the pleadings for appellant.

Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Daniel J. Bernstein, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the pleadings for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal centers on the District Court's dismissal, without an evidentiary hearing, of the petition of a patient seeking relief by way of habeas corpus from maximum confinement at Saint Elizabeths Hospital allegedly without treatment. The patient, our appellant, averred in support of the petition the denial of an expeditious Bolton hearing1 and of a program of treatment pending the hearing. Our consideration begins...

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