Legal Opinion
Smaldone v. United States
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided August 29, 1978No. 77-3116PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
THEIS, Chief Judge.
This civil action was initiated in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The Government filed a Response urging that the complaint be treated as a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Thereafter, the matter was transferred to this court for the reason that petitioner, Eugene Smaldone, Jr., is currently incarcerated within this judicial district.
Several different bases for jurisdiction are asserted. For the reasons stated in the first four pages of the Government’s Response, we agree that the only appropriate basis for…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Moody v. DaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Harisiades v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Cameron v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Louis Wolfish v. Honorable Edward LeviCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Angeles Ramonita Garcia v. Kenneth R. Neagle, Warden, F. C. I. Alderson, and United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
- Albert E. Paschal v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Danilo Zabala Artez v. Richard T. Mulcrone, Commissioner, and U. S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- Peck v. University Residence CommitteeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1991
- Ali v. GibsonDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1980
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