Legal Opinion

Frank Edward Sepulveda v. The State of Colorado

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided July 28, 1964No. 7732PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORIE L. PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing an action brought by Sepulveda against the State of Colorado for a declaratory judgment under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act (28 U.S.C. § 2201).

In his amended complaint, Sepulveda alleged that he was in the custody of the United States in the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas; that on October 23, 1959, he was convicted in a state court of Colorado of unlawful possession of a narcotic drug and was sentenced to imprisonment in the Colorado Penitentiary; that such conviction was obtained by the use of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Thomas D. Goss A/K/A Thomas Duggan v. State of Illinois, Frank G. Sain, Sheriff of Cook County, and Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
  3. Hurley v. Lindsay, Superintendent of Lorton ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
  4. Savini v. Sheriff of Nassau CountyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. James K. Shannon, A/K/A James K. Kelly v. Sheriff Sequeechi, Sheriff Lloyd Beair, and Sheriff Bill LessmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  2. Grimm v. Co. Comm'rs of Wash. Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
  3. Henrie v. DerryberryDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1973
  4. Allen Carroll Pruitt v. Joseph H. Campbell, Commonwealth Attorney for the City of NorfolkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
  5. Joseph Marcel Voneiselein v. J. C. Taylor, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965

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