Legal Opinion

Barr v. Lawrenceburg Police Department

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided May 15, 1984No. Civ. A. No. 3-84-0507Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDA OPINIONS, ORDERS, AND CERTIFICATE

NEESE, Senior District Judge.

The petitioner Mr. James Don Barr, a pretrial detainee in the Lawrence County jail in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee while awaiting trial on charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and fraud, seeks the federal writ of habeas corpus.* 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Mr. Barr asserts as grounds therefor: (1) that he was arrested unlawfully on April 19, 1984; (2) that, on the following day, law-enforcement officers promised him “favors for information”; (3) that he was incarcerated for four days without bond; and (4) that his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDENSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Leon Alcorn v. Steve Smith, Warden, Kentucky State ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983

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