Legal Opinion

John Middleton v. The Attorneys General of the States of New York and Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 25, 2005No. Docket 04-4104-PRPublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BACKGROUND

2Per curiam

Petitioner-appellant John Middleton has filed a notice of appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Carol Bag-ley Amon, Judge) dismissing his application for the writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) granting him leave to pursue the appeal.

Middleton and his then-wife, Virginia Bishop, began divorce proceedings in 1994. While those proceedings were pending, Bishop moved from Brooklyn, New York, where the couple had lived, to New Jersey, taking the couple’s two children…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services AgencySupreme Court of the United States · 1982

4Cited by42 opinions

  1. Rosario v. ErcoleDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
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  3. Davis Ex Rel. Brown v. BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2015
  4. Walker v. GrahamDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2013
  5. Jacobson v. Summit County Children Services BoardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006

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