Catherine Lake v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1966-09-19

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BAZELON, Chief Judge: Appellant is confined in Saint Elizabeths Hospital as an insane person and appeals from denial of release in habeas corpus. On September 29, 1962, when she was sixty years old, a policeman found her wandering about and took her to the D.C. General Hospital. 1 On October 11, 1962, she filed in the District Court a petition for a…

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