Ex parte Jefferson

The petitioner, Thomas Jefferson, now incarcerated in the Washington State Prison at Walla Walla, Washington, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus and for leave to proceed on the application in forma pauperis. The application is entitled in the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the Ninth Circuit. It is addressed “To the Honorable Senior Judge of the above titled Court,” and prays that a writ of habeas corpus be granted directed to the Superintendent of the Washington State Prison commanding him “to produce the person of the Petitioner before the District Court of the United States, Eastern District of Washington, Southern Division, presided over by any judge other than the Hon. Stanley Webster, at a time and a place to be specified therein, there to do and receive what shall then be said concerning the said Thomas Jefferson, together with the time and the cause of his detention, and said writ, and that the said Thomas Jefferson be granted his release, in conformity with law and justice.” Immediately under the title of the petition is the statement, “Application to the above titled court, under the authority of Sec. 463, Title 28, Par. A. U.S.C.” This section and…