United States of America Ex Rel. Henry A. Best, Petitioner-appellant, v. Hon. Edward M. Fay, Warden of Greenhaven Prison, Stormville, New York, Respondent-appellee, 365 F.2d 832 (2d Cir. 1966)
Annotate this CaseDecided September 20, 1966
Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Edward Weinfeld, Judge, denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus by petitioner.
Stephen B. Brown, New York City (Anthony F. Marra, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner-appellant.
Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, and Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.
Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
We affirm in open court the order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, which denied, without a hearing, appellant's application for a writ of habeas corpus, for the reasons stated in Judge Weinfeld's opinion reported at 239 F. Supp. 632 (1965).
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