BAKER v. EISENSTADT

No. 71-1399.

456 F.2d 382 (1972)

I. Charles BAKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas S. EISENSTADT, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Keating, Boston, Mass., with whom Monroe L. Inker, Crane, Inker & Oteri, and Charlotte Anne Perretta, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Walter H. Mayo, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Robert H. Quinn, Atty. Gen., James P. Kiernan, Terence P. O'Malley, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Danielle deBenedictus, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, now in confinement under sentences for contempt of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus and the dismissal of his complaint by the district court.

1. The Facts

During the summer and fall of 1971, an investigation into the alleged misconduct of two judges of the Massachusetts Superior Court took place, part of which involved appellant's being interviewed...

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