MELLOTT, District Judge.
Petitioner, an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, was recently brought before this court under a writ of habeas corpus. The respondent filed a motion to dismiss, which, after argument, was taken under advisement by the court, and some evidence was introduced. No facts other than those pleaded in the petition, however, were proved; so no findings of fact are made.
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