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Byrnes v. Walker, Warden
371 U.S. 937·Supreme Court of the United States·1962
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Opinion
No. 213, Misc.
Byrnes v. Walker, Warden.
Petitioner pro se.
Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, M. E. Culligan, John E. Jackson, Jr. and Scallan E. Walsh, Assistant Attorneys General, and Albin P. Lassiter for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to file an application for a writ of habeas corpus is hereby transferred “for hearing and determination” to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. 28 U. S. C. § 2241 (b); Rule 31 (5), Revised Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States (1954).