MAYFIELD v. FORD

No. CV 85-L-688.

664 F.Supp. 1285 (1987)

John Brown MAYFIELD, Petitioner, v. William FORD, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

January 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane L. Nelson, Lincoln, Neb., (Court-appointed), for petitioner.

Robert M. Spire, Atty. Gen. and Jill Gradwohl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM

LAY, Circuit Judge, Sitting by Special Designation.

On December 2, 1985, John Mayfield, a mental patient at the Lincoln Regional Center in Lincoln, Nebraska, filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). Mayfield has been a patient at the center since 1977 when he was acquitted of charges of first degree sexual assault, robbery, and auto theft by reason of his insanity at the time he committed the acts involved...

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