Legal Opinion
John R. Jones v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of Virginia State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1961No. 8356PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
This petition for a writ of habeas corpus must be dismissed, for the prisoner is now at large on parole. He is no longer in the custody of the defendant, the Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, where he had been confined. While indirectly under their supervision, he is not in the physical custody of the members of the Virginia Parole Board, whom the petitioner would substitute as parties defendant, nor of any of their subordinates.
*609Jones, serving a sentence as a recidivist in Virginia sought his release by attacking one of the underlying convictions.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Manuel Lee Matysek v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- Woods v. SteinerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1962
- Robert T. Mathis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Jones v. CunninghamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
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