Legal Opinion
United States of America, Ex Rel. William A. Sproch v. Joseph Ragen, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 1957No. 11793_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
The relator, prisoner of the State of Illinois, appeals from a judgment of the district court dismissing, without hearing, his application for a writ of habeas corpus, a voluminous and repetitious petition. In view of the fact that he was then acting pro se, we do not hold him to the usual standards of pleading, or to the niceties of a correct legal presentation of his claim. Consequently, we treat his petition with indulgence.
We keep in mind certain accepted rules. Thus, averments of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus well pleaded, if sufficient to constitute a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Frisbie v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Ker v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Louis Cuomo, Relator-Appellant v. Edward M. Fay, Warden of Green Haven Prison, and the People of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Frank Delano Gay, Oliver Townsend and Willie Olen Scott v. Marcell Graham, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Townsend v. Richard B. Ogilvie, Sheriff of Cook County, and Jack Johnson, Warden of the Cook County JailCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
- James v. CopingerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Madison v. TahashDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1966
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