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FERGUSON v. SLAYTON

Civ. A. No. 71-C-126-R.

340 F.Supp. 276 (1972)

William H. FERGUSON, Plaintiff, v. A. E. SLAYTON, Jr., Superintendent, Virginia State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

February 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., for respondent.

OPINION AND JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

William Herman Ferguson, a state prisoner, brings to this court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to terminate his alleged illegal confinement in the Virginia state prison system. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis has been granted.

Petitioner is currently detained pursuant to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the City of Roanoke imposed on March 15, 1968, wherein he was convicted of rape...

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