U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1955

A. B. Farmer v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia

A. B. Farmer v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided May 25, 1955 · Dobie, Parker, Per Curiam, Soper
222 F.2d 948; 1955 U.S. App. LEXIS 3902 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

A. B. Farmer v. Orel J. Skeen, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a prisoner serving a sentence under the judgment of a West Virginia state court. See Farmer v. Skeen, D.C., 125 F.Supp. 549; Ex parte Farmer, 123 W.Va. 304, 14 S.E.2d 910; United States ex rel. Farmer v. Skeen, D.C., 107 F.Supp. 877; Id., 4 Cir., 203 F.2d 950. We have no jurisdiction of the appeal for failure of the appellant to secure the certificate of probable cause required by 28 U.S.C. § 2253. An examination of the record before us shows that that appellant is not entitled to such certificate and that the appeal is without merit.

Appeal dismissed.

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