Wilson v. Harris

378 F.2d 141 Lawrence E. WILSON, Warden California State Prison, San Quentin, California, Petitioner, v. The Honorable George B. HARRIS, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Respondent. No. 21365. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. May 10, 1967. Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen., Albert W. Harris, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Derald E. Granberg, Charles R. B. Kirk, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. J. Stanley Pottinger, Broad, Busterud & Khourie, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. Before HAMLEY, MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges. HAMLEY, Circuit Judge: 1 In this original proceeding for a writ in the nature of mandamus or prohibition, questions are presented concerning the right of an applicant for a federal writ of habeas corpus to propound written interrogatories in aid of his application. 2 The related habeas corpus proceeding was commenced by Alfred Walker in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Walker v. Wilson, Docket No. 44385. He is an inmate at California State Prison, San Quentin, California, under a judgment of conviction, and sentence, for illegal possession of…