Legal Opinion

Bobby Ray Allen v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 29, 1964No. 20940PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Per curiam

This suit was brought by appellant as a post-conviction proceeding attacking'an action of the United States Board of Parole in regard to an eighteen month sentence imposed on him by the federal court in Dallas, Texas.

The petition states that it is brought under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, and appellant presents the case on that basis in this Court. However, appellant has filed and prosecuted this action without the assistance of counsel, and we have also considered his pleading from the standpoint of an application for writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of determining if he could be entitled to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ahrens v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. James R. Whiting v. Charles P. Chew, Director, Parole Board, Richmond, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
  3. United States v. HowellDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1952
  4. Howell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Nathan H. Cohen v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
  2. Norman Eugene Lee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  3. United States v. Richard Huss and Jeffrey SmilowCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  4. United States of America Ex Rel. William Van Scoten v. Commonwealth of PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  5. Hartwell v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972

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