Legal Opinion
Chapman v. Guessford
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided March 30, 1996No. Civil Action No. 92-83-JJFPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FARNAN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
John Vernon Chapman, a state prisoner, initiated this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Cathy Guessford (“Guessford”), the Records Custodian at the Delaware Correctional Center (“D.C.C.”), and Major Barry Hawlk (“Hawlk”), the Security Superintendent at D.C.C. Chapman was transferred to the D.C.C. in Smyrna, Delaware from the Roxbury Correctional Institution (“Roxbury”) in Hagerstown, Maryland on July 10, 1991 pursuant to the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (“IAD”).
Chapman alleges that (1) he was illegally detained in Delaware for a…
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