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Crockett v. United States, 1942 — 316 U.S. 701 · caselaw · US
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Crockett v. United States
316 U.S. 701·Supreme Court of the United States·1942
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Opinion
No. 1045.
Crockett v. United States.
June 8, 1942.
William C. Crockett, pro se. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney Gem eral Berge, and Mr. W. Marvin Smith for the United States.
[MAJORITY]
On petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In view of the Government’s concession that the remedy of habeas corpus is available to petitioner to try his allegations, the petition for writ of certiorari is denied, but without prejudice to an application for habeas corpus to the proper district court. 28 U. S. C., § 452. The motion for leave to proceed further in forma pauperis is denied.