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BENSION v. MEREDITH

Civ. A. No. 78-310.

455 F.Supp. 662 (1978)

Moses N. BENSION, Petitioner, v. Dr. Charles MEREDITH, Respondent.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Opinion On the Merits July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Burchfiel, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Robert Roper, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GESELL, District Judge.

While detained involuntarily at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Moses Bension, of unknown address and citizenship, petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that the so-called Federal Reservation Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-901 to -909 (1973), under which he was originally detained, is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and that its application...

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