Levy v. Resor, 11581.

Decision Date27 October 1967
Docket NumberNo. 11581.,11581.
Citation384 F.2d 689
PartiesHoward Brett LEVY, Appellant, v. Stanley R. RESOR, Secretary of the Army, Gines Perez, Major General, Commanding General, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, E. B. Roberts, Brigadier General, Acting Commander, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Jode Wilson, Lt. Colonel, Provost Marshal, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and Charles Jackson, Second Lieutenant, Confinement Officer, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Appellees.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit

Charles Morgan, Jr., Atlanta, Ga. (M. Laughlin McDonald, Atlanta, Ga., Anthony G. Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Pa., Alan H. Levine, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, Charles M. Sanders, Jr., and Walter Jones, Ft. Jackson, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

Wistar D. Stuckey, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Terrell L. Glenn, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellees.

Before BRYAN, WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied January 15, 1968. See 88 S.Ct. 789.

PER CURIAM:

Howard Brett Levy, a captain in the United States Army, on June 2, 1967 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was convicted by a general court-martial, of the violation of Articles 90, 134 and 133 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 890, 934 and 933 — the wilful disobedience of a lawful command of his superior officer, the promotion of disloyalty among the troops and the utterance of intemperate, defamatory, provoking and disloyal statements to enlisted personnel. His sentence was dismissal from the service, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and confinement for three years at hard labor.

Following sentence, counsel for Levy advised the court-martial of his intention to appeal and requested his client's release on Commandant's Parole as permitted by the Manual for Courts-Martial, paragraph 21(d). That provision reads:

"Upon notification from a trial counsel of the result of a trial * * *, a commanding officer will take prompt and appropriate action with respect to the restraint of the person tried. Such action, depending on the circumstances, may involve the immediate release of the person from any restraint, or the imposition of any necessary restraint pending final action on the case."

The request was denied by the commanding officer at Fort Jackson; and Levy was thereupon, and is now, confined to a room in the hospital there.

He then sought habeas corpus or other appropriate writ in the ...

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  • Levy v. Parker
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
    • April 18, 1973
    ...Levy v. Resor, 17 U.S.C.M.A. 135, 37 C.M.R. 399 (1967); Levy v. Resor, Civ. No. 67-442 (D.S.C. July 5, 1967), aff'd per curiam, 384 F.2d 689 (4th Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1049, 88 S.Ct. 789, 19 L.Ed.2d 843 (1968); Levy v. Dillon, 286 F.Supp. 593 (D.Kan.1968), aff'd, 415 F.2d 1263 ......
  • 41 439 Parker v. Levy 8212 206
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • June 19, 1974
    ...(1967); Levy v. Resor, 17 U.S.C.M.A. 135, 37 C.M.R. 399 (1967); Levy v. Resor, Civ. No. 67—442 (SC July 5, 1967), aff'd per curiam, 384 F.2d 689 (CA4 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1049, 88 S.Ct. 789, 19 L.Ed.2d 843 (1968); Levy v. Dillon, 286 F.Supp. 593 (DC Kan.1968), aff'd, 415 F.2d 1263 ......
  • Levy v. Dillon
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Tenth Circuit
    • September 18, 1969
    ...an order authorizing the transfer of Captain Levy from Fort Jackson to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. See Levy v. Resor (D.So.Car.1967), aff'd 384 F.2d 689, cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1049, 88 S.Ct. 789, 19 L.Ed.2d 843 At the time he initiated the district court proceedings, Levy filed a petition re......
  • Levy v. Dillon
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Kansas
    • July 29, 1968
    ...389 F.2d 929 (D.C.Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 960, 88 S. Ct. 337, 19 L.Ed.2d 369; Levy v. Resor, (D.S.Car. 7-5-67), aff'd, 384 F.2d 689, cert. denied, 389 U.S. 1049, 88 S.Ct. 789, 19 L.Ed.2d Following his conviction and sentence, Captain Levy was held in temporary custody at Fort Jac......

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