UMFRESS v. SWENSON

Civ. A. No. 1658C.

336 F.Supp. 320 (1971)

Eddie D. UMFRESS and Robert E. Burns, Petitioners, v. Harold R. SWENSON, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri, Respondent.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, Central Division.

April 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie D. Umfress and Robert E. Burns, pro se.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for respondent.


JUDGMENT DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS

WILLIAM H. BECKER, Chief Judge.

Petitioners, state convicts confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary, have petitioned this Court for a writ of federal habeas corpus requesting relief from certain conditions of their confinement which they contend violate their federal rights under Johnson v. Avery, 393 U.S. 483, 89 S.Ct. 747, 21 L.Ed.2d 718. Petitioners also request leave to proceed...

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