WEST v. JANING

Civ. No. 78-0-180.

449 F.Supp. 548 (1978)

Frank R. WEST, Petitioner, v. Theodore JANING, Sheriff, Douglas County, Nebraska, and Richard C. Turner, Attorney General of the State of Iowa, Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

May 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Linn and B. J. Rothbaum, Jr., Oklahoma City, Okl., and David Lathrop, Omaha, Neb., for petitioner.

None appearing for respondents.


MEMORANDUM

DENNEY, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon the petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus. Specifically, West alleges that a state district court's denial of bond pending appeal in an extradition case violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. This Court granted the writ and directed the state district court to hold a bond hearing on the matter. This memorandum...

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