Legal Opinion
McGary v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1994No. 93-01132PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
William Ray McGary appeals the district court’s dismissal of his second application for federal habeas corpus relief. In this application, McGary argued that he was unconstitutionally deprived of approximately 30 days of good time credit. Because we agree with the court below that McGary’s second habeas application constitutes an abuse of the writ, we affirm the district court’s judgment.
I. Facts and Proceedings Below
In 1985, William Ray McGary was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He served more than three and one half years of this sentence…
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