Pyron

Pyron v. Squier

Good Law
129 F.2d 310·1942 U.S. App. LEXIS 3345
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 27, 1942No. 9923California131 words

Lead Opinion

Mathews, J.

This appeal is from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus 1 whereby appellee, P. J. Squier, Acting Warden of the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, was required to, and did, produce in the court below the body of appellant, Norris H. Pyron, a prisoner then in appellee’s custody.

The question was whether, as contended by appellant, appellant’s term of imprisonment expired on April 2, 1941, or whether, as contended by appellee, appellant’s term expired on January 26, 1942. The appeal came on for hearing on January 28, 1942. Meanwhile, regardless of which contention was correct, appellant’s term had expired and appellant had been released from custody, thus rendering the appeal moot.

Appeal dismissed.

The writ, which obviously was a habeas corpus, was improperly labeled “order to produce.”