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Nash v. Carchman

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided March 7, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-401PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

Petitioner Richard Nash seeks issuance of a habeas corpus writ pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He is serving a five to ten year sentence in the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Pennsylvania and attacks the legality of a detainer filed against him by the State of New Jersey.

Petitioner Nash bases his argument upon the New Jersey Interstate Agreement on Detainers, N.J.S.A. 2A:159A-1 et seq. Under this Agreement, a prisoner may demand the speedy disposition of charges pending against him in another jurisdiction, and a member State may obtain for trial a…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United States v. MauroSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Cuyler v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States v. Williams, Ronald Alfred, Ronald A. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  4. Pittman v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1973
  5. Cooper v. LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Carchman v. NashSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Nash v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
  3. State v. PeroNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2004
  4. United States v. Sherman Walter RoachCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  5. Shack v. Warden of Graterford PrisonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984

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