Legal Opinion

Allen v. White

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 22, 2006No. 05-5166UnpublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Per curiam

William G. Allen, a Tennessee inmate proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s determination that his petition for a writ of habeas corpus is time-barred under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”). We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I

Allen’s petition challenges the Tennessee Department of Corrections’s (“TDOC’s”) calculation of sentence credits due him after serving more than 35 years of his 99-year sentence for murdering a police officer. When Allen was sentenced, Tennessee’s law allowed inmates to earn such credits for good behavior and for…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Jimmy Walker v. J.T. O'brien, and Joseph W. Finfrock v. Craig A. HanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  2. Montez v. McKinnaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
  3. Joel White v. John Lambert, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  4. Theodore Cook v. Jimmy Stegall, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
  5. Alonzo Cook v. New York State Division of Parole, and New York State Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003

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