Legal Opinion
Ploeckelmann v. Finney
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided September 24, 1997No. 94-3301-DESPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SAFFELS, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, filed by a prisoner while confined in Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. Petitioner proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis in this, action.
A federal court may entertain a state prisoner’s petition for habeas corpus relief only on the grounds that the prisoner’s confinement violates the Constitution, laws or treaties of, the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) (1988).
Petitioner filed this action while serving a controlling indeterminate-sentence of 5 to 15…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Granberry v. GreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Jimmie D. Oyler v. Fred Allenbrand and the Attorney General of KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Kenneth Wayne Dupuy v. Robert H. Butler, Sr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- State v. FierroSupreme Court of Kansas · 1995
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