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Application of Burwell

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jul 7, 1955
226 F.2d 309 (9th Cir. 1955)

Opinion

Misc. No. 461.

July 7, 1955.

John Adams, Jr., and R.J. Reynolds, San Francisco, Cal., for Eugene Burwell.

Edmund G. Brown, Atty. Gen., Clarence E. Linn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State of California.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.


Burwell, appealing from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, denying him a writ of habeas corpus, petitions this court to grant him a certificate of probable cause for his appeal.

The court has no power to grant such a certificate. 28 U.S.C. § 2253.

The petition is ordered dismissed.


Summaries of

Application of Burwell

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Jul 7, 1955
226 F.2d 309 (9th Cir. 1955)
Case details for

Application of Burwell

Case Details

Full title:Application of Eugene BURWELL for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Jul 7, 1955

Citations

226 F.2d 309 (9th Cir. 1955)

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