Legal Opinion

United States v. Welborn

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided February 23, 1994No. 93 C 1991Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

Now before this court is Virgil Robinson’s pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Robinson alleges that the application of day-for-day good time credits to his sentence, instead of statutory and compensatory credits, violates the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution. U.S. Const, art. I, § 10. Respondent moves this court to dismiss Robinson’s petition as procedurally defaulted, as an abuse of the writ, or on the merits. For the reasons set forth below, Respondent’s motion is granted and Robinson’s petition is denied.

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. William Daye v. Attorney General of the State of New York and Eugene Le Fevre, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982

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