United States ex Rel. Harden v. Follette

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. MAJOR HARDEN A/K/A MAJOR X. BROWN…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: May 27, 1971

450 F.2d 879 (2d Cir. 1971)

Opinion

No. 950, Docket 35846.

Argued May 27, 1971.

Decided May 27, 1971. Certiorari Denied November 22, 1971.

Gerald W. Griffin, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Frank I. Strom, II, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen. (Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel, Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Constance Baker Motley, Judge.

Before KAUFMAN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and MANSFIELD, District Judge.^_

_ Of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

We affirmed in open court the denial of petitioner's habeas corpus petitions on the opinion of Judge Motley below, 333 F.Supp. 371 (1970). We commend Gerald W. Griffin, Esq., assigned counsel, for his excellent presentation of this appeal.