UNITED STATES EX REL. ROBINSON v. HOUSEWRIGHT

No. 75-1123.

525 F.2d 988 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Samuel D. ROBINSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Vernon G. HOUSEWRIGHT, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart R. Cohn, W. Ronald Cooper, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Thomas W. Connors, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, PELL and BAUER, Circuit Judges.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the district court denying the petition of Samuel D. Robinson for a writ of habeas corpus. Pursuant to Fed.R.App.P. 22(b), the court certified the existence of probable cause for appeal. The present appeal varies from the frequent posture of the habeas cases in this court which is an appeal from the dismissal of the petition without an evidentiary hearing.

In the present case upon Robinson seeking...

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