Case Name: Rafael Rivera RIVERA, Appellant, v. David M. HERITAGE, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1963-02-27
Citations: 314 F.2d 332
Docket Number: No. 20068
Parties: Rafael Rivera RIVERA, Appellant, v. David M. HERITAGE, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 314
Pages: 332–332

Head Matter:
Rafael Rivera RIVERA, Appellant, v. David M. HERITAGE, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Appellee.
No. 20068.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 27, 1963.
Rehearing Denied March 22, 1963.
Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Allen L. Chancey, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.
Before JONES and BELL, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant being under sentence of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, a court established by an Act of Congress, Balzac v. People of Puerto Rico, 1922, 258 U.S. 298, 42 S.Ct. 343, 66 L. Ed. 627; his remedy was under Title 28. U.S.C.A. § 2255 and not by way of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. All other and further questions presented by the appeal are for the § 2255 court.
Affirmed.