Legal Opinion

United States v. Jodie Marie Fallon

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 5, 1993No. 92-2676PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Jodie Marie Fallon is a federal inmate serving a ten-year sentence imposed after she pleaded guilty to knowing possession of an unregistered destructive device. See 26 U.S.C. § 5861. She appeals the district court’s denial of her latest petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Concluding that this petition is an abuse of the writ, we affirm.

Fallon was sentenced on May 15, 1986. Her motion for reduction of sentence was denied in December 1986. In February 1988, she filed numerous motions for post-conviction relief. The district court denied relief,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Sawyer v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. United States v. Abraham FloresCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  4. Chester Cornman v. Bill Armontrout, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, William L. Webster, Attorney General of the State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  5. Maurice Oscar Byrd v. Paul Delo, Superintendent, State Correctional Facility at Potosi, and Attorney General of the State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. John Louis Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  2. Alan Jeffrey Bannister v. Paul K. DeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  3. Stanko v. DavisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
  4. Oakes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
  5. James D. Vancleave v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998

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