Little v. Thomas

OPINION OF THE COURT

Cleve Church Little appeals from the judgment of the district court which granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment on a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by appellant pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The district court based its denial of the petition on two separate grounds: first, that petitioner did not exhaust the administrative remedies which were available to him, United States ex rel. Sanders v. Arnold, 535 F.2d 848 (3d Cir.1976); second, that petitioner failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

The proceedings below involved a judicial…