Legal Opinion
Flynn v. Holbrook
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided February 24, 1984No. C.A. 83-0528 SPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This application for a writ of habeas corpus was originally filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and was transferred, here by order of that court (Garrity, D.J.) entered on August 18, 1983. The basis for Judge Garrity’s order was that the named respondent (the superintendent of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution — Norfolk) was acting for the director of the Adult Correctional Institution, Cranston, R.I. Since the latter was and is the custodian ultimately responsible for the petitioner’s confinement,…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Holbrook v. FlynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- John F. Ouimette v. John Moran, Director of the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Charles Flynn v. Terrance HolbrookCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Holbrook v. FlynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986