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WILLIAMS v. SHOVLIN

No. 442.

207 F.Supp. 634 (1962)

Eugene WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. John P. SHOVLIN, M.D., Superintendent, Farview State Hospital, Waymart, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court M. D. Pennsylvania.

July 16, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Williams, pro se.

No appearance for respondent.

FOLLMER, Chief Judge.

Eugene Williams is presently committed to the Farview State Hospital, a State institution for the criminal insane. He seeks to file in this Court a petition for writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis.

The State is the "parens patriae" of the insane, In re Ryan, D.C. E.D.Pa., 47 F.Supp. 10 (1942), and the adjudication and care of persons believed insane are traditionally and legally a matter of State...

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