Legal Opinion
Kircheis v. Long
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided December 6, 1976No. Nos. 76-295-P, 75-272-PPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND DECREE
PITTMAN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, convicted of murdering his wife, is incarcerated in Kilby Correctional Center, Montgomery, Alabama. His original complaint, explicitly seeking injunctive and monetary relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, named seventeen defendants. Plaintiff later filed a separate writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Both actions were heard and are considered together. This order and decree is to be considered as an order and decree in each case.
Plaintiff’s writ of habeas corpus attacks the legality of his state-imposed incarceration. Kircheis…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ex Parte MonkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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- Kircheis v. LongCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- State v. CardenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989