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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:
- 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
2d 760.
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
2d 234.
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.
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