v2949-32

Document Title Page

Court of the Western District of Washington, South-

em Division.

Appellant was thereafter confined in the federal

prison on Alcatraz Island, in the SoutheiTi Division of

the Northern District of California, from which juris-

diction he has sought release by instituting the fol-

lowing previous proceedings:

  1. Petition to the Court of Appeals, Ninth Cir-

cuit, to allow an appeal from order of May 11, 1939,

denying his petition for wi'it of habeas corpus and cer-

tifying his grounds of appeal were frivolous, upon

which certificate the appellate court denied appeal in

forma pauperis.

Waley v. Johnston, Warden, May 23, 1939, 104

  1. 2d 760.

  2. Appellant thereafter addressed his applica-

tion to appeal in forma pauperis from an adverse

judgment in habeas corpus proceedings. The appellate

court determined such application should be addressed

to the district court and denied his application.

Waley v. Johnston, Wardeyi, March 4, 1940, 110

  1. 2d 234.

  2. Appellant next attempted to have the Lind-

bergh Law declared unconstitutional because the term

of imprisonment was left to the discretion of the trial

court.


archive.org Volume Name: govuscourtsca9briefs2949

Volume: http://archive.org/stream/govuscourtsca9briefs2949

Document Link: http://archive.org/stream/govuscourtsca9briefs2949#page/n31/mode/1up

Top Keywords (auto-generated):

2d, waley, johnston, habeas, corpus, right, district, petition, denied, guilty, prisoner, warden, den, sentence, plea

Top Key Phrases (auto-generated):

habeas corpus, johnston warden, cert den., western district, pleaded guilty, october term, 2d 311, 2d 117, 1944 321, wife expressed, white warden, washington southern, wash ington., wardeyi march, warden june

Document Status: UGLY