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LEWIS v. D.C. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 75-1717.

533 F.2d 710 (1976)

James E. LEWIS, Appellant, v. D. C. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ramsey Johnson,* with whom Warren R. King, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) was on the brief for appellant.

E. Calvin Golumbic, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for the District of Columbia, for appellee. C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellee.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBINSON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court which dismissed for lack of jurisdiction three pro se petitions, which had been consolidated. All three were captioned as habeas corpus petitions.

The first pertained to the conditions of confinement in the D.C. Jail. The trial judge was apparently under the impression that petitioner was in confinement solely under an order of the District of Columbia Superior Court, as this had been...

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