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Adam v. Vaught

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Jun 9, 1943
136 F.2d 539 (Conn. Cir. Ct. 1943)

Opinion

No. 2764.

June 9, 1943.

On Motion for Leave to File Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

Petition by R.E. Adam, Inmate No. 55775, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kan., for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus against Edgar S. Vaught, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Petition denied.

Before PHILLIPS, HUXMAN, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


R.E. Adam seeks leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus directing Honorable Edgar S. Vaught, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma, to allow him to prosecute an appeal in forma pauperis from an order denying a motion to vacate a judgment and sentence.

The term at which the judgment was entered had expired long before the motion to vacate was filed. The notice of appeal was not filed within the time required by Rule III of the Rules of Practice and Procedure, after plea of guilty, verdict or finding of guilt, in criminal cases, 18 U.S.C.A. following section 688. The motion does not set up any facts which would have warranted relief under a writ of error coram nobis, or coram nobis at common law. See United States v. Mayer, 235 U.S. 55, 35 S.Ct. 16, 59 L.Ed. 129.

Leave to file is, therefore, denied.


Summaries of

Adam v. Vaught

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Jun 9, 1943
136 F.2d 539 (Conn. Cir. Ct. 1943)
Case details for

Adam v. Vaught

Case Details

Full title:ADAM v. VAUGHT, District Judge

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Date published: Jun 9, 1943

Citations

136 F.2d 539 (Conn. Cir. Ct. 1943)

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