THOMPSON v. STAHL

Civ. No. 2899.

346 F.Supp. 401 (1972)

Joseph THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. Donald STAHL, Respondent.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

July 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Daly, Jr., Charlotte, N. C., for petitioner.

Jacob L. Safron, Asst. Atty. Gen., of North Carolina, Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, N. C., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

McMILLAN, District Judge.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Late at night on May 14, 1971, Joseph Thompson, petitioner, was jailed for thirty days by Magistrate James A. Medlin under a contempt citation. He exhausted North Carolina state remedies and then petitioned this court for habeas corpus to relieve him from service of the remaining seventeen days of his sentence, for an order declaring...

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