Legal Opinion
Layman v. Russell
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided June 18, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 2312PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEESE, District Judge.
The petitioner Mr. Layman claims he is in custody pursuant to the judgment of a Tennessee state court in violation of the Constitution of the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). He applied to the *431District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee for the federal writ of habeas corpus, which transferred such application, 28 U.S.C. § 2241, to this Court.
“ * * * An application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court shall not be granted unless it appears that the applicant had exhausted the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Layman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
- Peterson v. HendersonDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
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- Frank E. Adams v. Flora J. Holland, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- In Re Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman, Movant. Abu-Ali Abdur'rahman v. Ricky Bell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- In re: Abdur'Rahman v.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004