PER CURIAM:
Patrick J. Stearns was convicted in Alaska state court on two counts of forgery. Two seven-year concurrent sentences were imposed. Stearns was incarcerated in the federal penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington in 1968 pursuant to a contract between Alaska and the federal government. In August 1971, his petition for habeas corpus was granted by the district court upon a determination that Alaska law required his release. The custodian and the State of...
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