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UNITED STATES EX REL. WAKELEY v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

Misc. No. 3967.

257 F.Supp. 644 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John WAKELEY v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al. and William W. Scranton, Governor, and Walter E. Alessandroni, Atty. Gen., and Arthur T. Prasse, Com. of Corr. and J. F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wakeley in pro. per.

Walter E. Alessandroni, Atty. Gen. of Commonwealth of Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., for the Commonwealth of Pa. and others.

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

SORG, District Judge.

And now, this 31st day of March, 1966, leave is hereby granted the above named relator to file his petition without prepayment of costs.

Said petition challenges the constitutionality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's "Post Conviction Hearing Act," No. 554, effective March 1, 1966, seeks injunctive relief, and prays for the appointment of a three-judge court under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. §...

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