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UNITED STATES v. ZELLER

No. 656-F.

188 F.Supp. 767 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Garland SPINKS, Petitioner, v. Charles A. ZELLER, M.D., Superintendent, Weston State Hospital, Weston, West Virginia, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. West Virginia, at Fairmont.

November 25, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Tharp, Fairmont, W. Va., for petitioner.

W. W. Barron, Atty. Gen., of W. Va., and Clement R. Bassett, Asst. Atty. Gen., of W. Va., for respondent.

HARRY E. WATKINS, Chief Judge.

The petitioner, Garland Spinks, has written letters to this court, requesting a discharge from the Weston State Hospital, a state mental institution, located at Weston, West Virginia, in the Northern District of West Virginia. The letters were treated as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and petitioner was permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. The Attorney General of West Virginia has filed an answer to such petition in behalf...

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