Case Name: UNITED STATES ex rel. Angelo John LA MARCA, Petitioner, v. Wilfred L. DENNO, Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1958-08-06
Citations: 258 F.2d 515
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES ex rel. Angelo John LA MARCA, Petitioner, v. Wilfred L. DENNO, Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 258
Pages: 515–515

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES ex rel. Angelo John LA MARCA, Petitioner, v. Wilfred L. DENNO, Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Respondent.
United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.
Argued Aug. 6, 1958.
Decided Aug. 6, 1958.
See, also, D.C., 159 F.Supp. 486.
Nancy Carley, Borough of Queens, Jackson Heights, N. Y., for petitioner.
Henry P. De Vine, Asst. Dist. Atty. of the County of Nassau, Mineola, N. Y., for respondent.

Opinion:
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
No federal question was presented by the application below for a writ of habeas corpus. The only question presented was one of state law, pure and simple, which has squarely been decided by the Court of Appeals of New York. There is no basis whatever for an appeal from the order below and I cannot in good conscience grant the certificate.
Without a certificate, the court is without jurisdiction to entertain an appeal or to stay the execution of the State Court order.
Petition denied.