Legal Opinion
Alfred Player v. William F. Steiner, Warden, Maryland House of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1961No. 8376_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
Alfred Player, a prisoner in the Maryland House of Correction, seeks to appeal from the District Court’s dismissal without a hearing of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court, while granting leave to appeal in forma pauperis, denied the required certificate of probable cause. The question now before the court is whether probable cause exists for the issuance of the certificate. Burgess v. Warden, 4 Cir., 1960, 284 F.2d 486.
The present petition is the second one filed in the District Court by Player. The first was dismissed because of failure to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Thompson v. City of LouisvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Robert J. Grundler and Joseph L. Jelly v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Holly v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Earlie Burgess v. Warden, Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Harry Morrison v. W. Frank Smyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Arthur H. Aftanase v. Economy Baler Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Charles Alexander v. David Harris, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Joseph Oleif Whitley v. Warden William F. Steiner, Maryland House of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Elmer Davis, Jr. v. State of North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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