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131 F.2d 112

Docket No. 10260.

Kauffman v. Mount

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Nov. 5, 1942.

Rehearing Denied Dec. 1, 1942.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1942-11-05

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1945

2 counsel of record

Relies on Whitten v. Tomlinson · Cook v. Hart · Rogers v. Peck

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Decided 1942-11-05

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¶1John H. Hudson and J. Emmett Baird, both of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

¶2E. Harold Sheats, of Atlanta, Ga., for ap-pellee.

¶3Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

¶4HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

¶5Appellant, held by the Sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia, on process in aid of an interstate rendition sought by the Governor of the State of Tennessee, applied for and was granted a writ of habeas corpus.

¶6Respondent answered insisting, that the petition was without merit, but that whether so or not the matter of the custody being one of State concern should be left to the State Courts for determination. The District Judge agreeing with this view discharged the writ and petitioner has appealed.

¶7Except under unusual and extraordinary circumstances a Federal Court will not entertain a petition for habeas corpus in respect of custody resting on State proceedings. Cunningham v. Skiriotes, 5 Cir., 101 F.2d 635; Rogers v. Peck, 199 U.S. 425, 26 S.Ct. 87, 50 L.Ed. 256; Cook v. Hart, 146 U.S. 183, 13 S.Ct. 40, 36 L.Ed. 934; Whitten v. Tomlinson, 160 U.S. 231, 245, 16 S.Ct. 297, 40 L.Ed. 406. This is true in regard to custody taken in proceedings for interstate rendition. Ex parte Dawson, 8 Cir., 83 F. 306; In re Strauss, 2 Cir., 126 F. 327.

¶8The judgment discharging the writ was right and is affirmed.

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