Legal Opinion
Leon Washington v. Michael P. Lane, Warden, and Neil Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1988No. 86-2463PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Leon Washington, an inmate at the Menard Correctional Center in lili-. nois, filed a habeas corpus petition in the district court. The parties consented to have the matter heard by United States Magistrate Cohn. He denied the petition on August 7,1986, and subsequently granted a certificate of probable cause pursuant to Rule 22(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. We affirm the magistrate’s denial of Washington’s habeas corpus petition.
On June 6,1981, Washington fatally shot James Riordan, First Deputy Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. The shooting…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Granberry v. GreerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- James S. Jordan, Cross-Appellee v. Duff and Phelps, Inc., Claire v. Hansen, and Francis E. Jeffries, Defendants- Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Romano v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- Curtis Henderson v. James Thieret, Warden of the Menard Correctional Center and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Michael J. Kurzawa v. Eurial K. Jordan, Administrator, Division of Probation and Parole, and James E. Doyle, Attorney General, State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Raul Rudy Sotelo v. Indiana State Prison and Linley E. Pearson, Attorney General of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Peter Galowski v. James Murphy, Superintendent, Columbia Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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