UNITED STATES v. WOODS

No. 16070.

382 F.2d 557 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Sam DE STEFANO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph I. WOODS, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna R. Lavin, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

John J. Stamos, First Asst. State's Atty., Thomas A. Hett, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for appellee, Elmer C. Kissane, Asst. State's Atty., of counsel.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, KILEY and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Sam De Stefano, petitioner, appeals from an order of the district court entered January 31, 1967, dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, as amended, against Joseph I. Woods, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, respondent. The case was disposed of by the court on the pleadings.

Petitioner was placed in the custody of respondent pursuant to a final order of the Appellate Court...

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