Tatum v. United States, 13550.

Decision Date08 June 1953
Docket NumberNo. 13550.,13550.
Citation204 F.2d 324
PartiesTATUM v. UNITED STATES.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit

James Luther Tatum, in pro. per.

Edward Scrugg, U. S. Atty., E. R. Thurman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before MATHEWS and ORR, Circuit Judges, and JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 8, 1953. See 73 S.Ct. 1125.

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

In the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, appellant, James Luther Tatum, pleaded guilty to (1) an indictment charging him with violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312 on or about August 15, 1949, (2) an indictment charging him with violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 751 on or about October 22, 1949, and (3) an indictment charging him with violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312 on or about August 18, 1949. Thereupon, on November 28, 1949, the District Court entered (1) a judgment sentencing appellant to be imprisoned for three years on the first indictment, (2) a judgment sentencing him to be imprisoned for three years on the second indictment, to run consecutively with the sentence on the first indictment, and (3) a judgment sentencing him to be imprisoned for three years on the third indictment, to run consecutively with the sentence on the second indictment.

On June 9, 1952, while in custody under the sentences mentioned above, appellant caused to be filed in the District Court (1) a petition entitled "Petition for writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum" and (2) a petition entitled "Petition for motion to quash, annul and make void sentences as made and provided for under Title 28, section 2255 U.S.C.A."1

The first petition stated that appellant was in custody of the warden of the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. It prayed the District Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum requiring the warden to produce appellant before the District Court at the time of hearing the second petition.2 It did not pray for any other relief. The second petition prayed the District Court to release appellant from further imprisonment and punishment. It did not pray for any other relief. The stated ground of the second petition was, in substance, that the sentences ran concurrently and had expired. Actually, as the judgments clearly showed, the sentences ran consecutively and had not expired. Accordingly, on July 14, 1952, the District Court entered an order denying the petitions without a hearing. This...

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    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Michigan
    • January 14, 1957
    ...United States v. Hayman, 342 U.S. 205, 72 S.Ct. 263, 96 L.Ed. 232.) See also Edgerly v. Kennelly, 7 Cir., 215 F.2d 420; Tatum v. United States, 9 Cir., 204 F.2d 324; Garcia v. United States, 9 Cir., 197 F.2d 687; United States v. Knight, D.C., 127 F.Supp. 269; United States v. Williams, D.C......
  • Copley v. Sweet, Civ. A. No. 2630.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Michigan
    • July 13, 1955
    ...since the issues posed evolve entirely on a question of law". See also Edgerly v. Kennelly, 7 Cir., 215 F.2d 420; Tatum v. United States, 9 Cir., 204 F.2d 324; Garcia v. United States, 9 Cir., 197 F.2d 687; United States v. Knight, D.C., 127 F.Supp. 269; United States v. Williams, D.C., 127......
  • Crawford v. Lydick
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Michigan
    • December 2, 1959
    ...since the issues posed evolve entirely on a question of law." See also Edgerly v. Kennelly, 7 Cir., 215 F.2d 420; Tatum v. United States, 9 Cir., 204 F.2d 324; Garcia v. United States, 9 Cir., 197 F.2d 687; United States v. Knight, D.C., 127 F.Supp. 269; United States v. Williams, D.C., 127......
  • Newman v. United States, 11973.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (6th Circuit)
    • May 10, 1954
    ...appellant was not entitled to be present for the purpose of testifying; Garcia v. United States, 9 Cir., 197 F.2d 687; Tatum v. United States, 9 Cir., 204 F.2d 324. Compare United States v. Hayman, 342 U.S. 205, 72 S.Ct. 263, 96 L.Ed. The judgment is affirmed. ...
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