Waley v. Johnston

Full title: WALEY v. JOHNSTON, Warden

Court: Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Nov 10, 1947

163 F.2d 556 (9th Cir. 1947)

Opinion

No. 11592.

September 4, 1947. Writ of Certiorari Denied November 10, 1947. See 68 S.Ct. 145.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California, Southern Division; Michael J. Roche, Judge.

Habeas corpus proceeding by Harmon M. Waley against James A. Johnston, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, Calif., to secure the petitioner's release. From an order denying the petition, the petitioner apppeals.

Affirmed.

Harmon M. Waley, in pro. per., for appellant.

Frank J. Hennessy, U.S. Atty., and Joseph Karesh, Asst. U.S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, MATHEWS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant admits that the instant petition is his fifteenth application for a writ of habeas corpus filed before Federal Courts in the Ninth Circuit, and that in it he alleges nothing other than that which he has heretofore urged as a ground for his release. The order of the court below denying the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed, upon the authority of Salinger v. Loisel, 265 U.S. 224, 230, 231, 44 S.Ct. 519, 68 L.Ed. 989; Waley v. Johnston, 9 Cir., 139 F.2d 117, certiorari denied, 321 U.S. 779, 64 S.Ct. 617, 88 L.Ed. 1072, rehearing denied, 321 U.S. 804, 64 S. Ct. 845, 88 L.Ed. 1090; Swihart v. Johnston, 9 Cir., 150 F.2d 721, 722, certiorari denied, 327 U.S. 789, 66 S.Ct. 803, 90 L.Ed. 1016; Garrison v. Johnston, 9 Cir., 151 F.2d 1011, 1013, certiorari denied, 328 U.S. 840, 66 S.Ct. 1009, 90 L.Ed. 1615; Wilson v. Johnston, 9 Cir., 154 F.2d 111, certiorari denied, 328 U.S. 872, 66 S.Ct. 1366, 90 L.Ed. 1642; McMahan v. Johnston, 9 Cir., 157 F.2d 915, certiorari denied, 331 U.S. 813, 67 S.Ct. 1197.