In re Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. ““The usual course on the application for the writ of habeas corpus is to issue the writ, and, on its return, to hear and dispose of the case. But when, as in tins case, the cause of the imprisonment fully appears by the petition and the exhibits thereto, the practice prevails for the court to determine whether, on the facts presented in the petition, the prisoner, if brought before the court, would be discharged. Ex parte Milligan, 4 Wall. 2 , 18 L. Ed. 281 . And where the hearing is had without issuing the writ an order may be made requiring the officer or person holding the prisoner to show- cause why the writ should not issue. Ex parte Yarborough, 110 U. S. 651 , 4 Sup. Ct. 152 , 28 L. Ed. 274 . Where the return to the rule shows all the essential facts, the case may be disposed of as fully as if the writ had issued.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Erickson v. Hodges