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PETERSON v. GAUGHAN

Misc. Civ. No. 66-38-C.

285 F.Supp. 377 (1968)

Leroy J. PETERSON, Petitioner, v. Charles W. GAUGHAN, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution.

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

June 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. O'Reilly, III, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Willie Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendant.

OPINION

CAFFREY, District Judge.

This matter arose out of a petition for habeas corpus filed in this court by the petitioner which was dismissed without prejudice on June 19, 1967, in order to allow the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to consider the allegations made therein in the light of Specht v. Patterson, 386 U.S. 605, 87 S.Ct. 1209, 18 L.Ed.2d 326 (1967), and...

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