Legal Opinion
Seymour X Cotton, Jr. v. James Mabry, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1982No. 81-1824PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Seymour X Cotton filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a 1969 Cross County, Arkansas jury conviction for which he received a five year sentence and a 1969 Cross County guilty plea for which he received a 15 year suspended sentence. The district court1 adopted the magistrate’s2 findings of fact and conclusions of law dated April 7, 1981, and dismissed Cotton’s petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c) and Rule 9(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts. Cotton appeals from the district…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Michael A. Mayola v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Wilmot v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Michael J. Paprskar v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Robert Alton Harris v. R. Pulley, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Richard Ellman Strahan v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Azalea Fleet, Inc. v. Dreyfus Supply & MacHinery Corp., Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. v. Azalea Fleet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Herbert Jack Jessup v. United States Parole Commission F. Scott, Warden, F.C.I., Safford, ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Joseph H. Moore v. Stephen T. Smith, Steven BeshearCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
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