BROWN

v.

BUSH, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• Clark v. Memolo, 174 F.2d 978 (D.C. Cir. 1949)
  …t of mandamus would require the Attorney General (a) to disregard his duty as to the basis of computation imposed by statute, and (b) to declare a judgment void. In McMurtrey v. Clark, 1945, 81 U.S.App.D.C. 294, 157 F. 2d 703, 704, certiorari denied 329 U.S. 805, 67 S.Ct. 492, 91 L.Ed. 687, this court said: “Obviously, the Attorney General has neither the duty nor power to declare a judicial judgment void * * Mandamus, if issued m this case, would require performance of an act contrary to the court order.…
• Taylor v. United States Bd. OF Parole, 194 F.2d 882 (D.C. Cir. 1952)
  …d that he was illegally transferred to the Center and is now illegally detained there. Mandamus will not lie. It cannot be used as a substitute for habeas corpus. McMurtrey v. Clark, 1946, 81 U.S.App.D.C. 294, 157 F. 2d 703, certiorari denied, 1947, 329 U.S. 805, 67 S.Ct. 492, 91 L.Ed. 687. Nor will habeas corpus lie in the District of Columbia, for the complainant is not confined within the territorial jurisdiction of its courts. 28 U.S.C. § 2241; Ahrens v. Clark, 1948, 335 U.S. 188, 68 S.Ct. 1443, 92 L.Ed…