IN RE BURWELL(1956)
1. A Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to entertain applications for certificates of probable cause, under 28 U.S.C. 2253, addressed to that Court instead of to a judge or judges thereof. P. 522.
2. It is for the Court of Appeals to determine whether an application to that Court for a certificate of probable cause under 28 U.S.C. 2253 is to be considered by a panel of that Court, by one of its judges, or in some other way that the Court deems appropriate. P. 522.
3. It is not for this Court to prescribe how the discretion vested in a Court of Appeals, acting under 28 U.S.C. 2253, should be exercised; and, so long as that Court keeps within the bounds of judicial discretion, its action is not reviewable. P. 522.
Certificates dismissed.
[ Footnote * ] Together with No. 737, In re Application of Rogers, also on certificate from the same Court.
PER CURIAM.
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has certified to this Court the following three questions:
We did not attempt to lay down a procedure for the Court of Appeals to follow for the entertainment of such applications on their merits. We shall not do so now. It is for the Court of Appeals to determine whether such an application to the court is to be considered by a panel of the Court of Appeals, by one of its judges, or in some other way deemed appropriate by the Court of Appeals within the scope of its powers. Cf. Western Pacific R. Corp. v. Western Pacific R. Co., 345 U.S. 247 . It is not for this Court to prescribe how the discretion vested in a Court of Appeals, acting under 28 U.S.C. 2253, should be exercised. See United States v. Rosenburgh, 7 Wall. 580. As long as that court keeps within the bounds of judicial discretion, its action is not reviewable.
The entire certificate in each of these cases must be