Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Slayton
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided September 27, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 71-C-38-LPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT
DALTON, District Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pawperis by Thomas William Thompson, a state prisoner, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on August *3543, 1971, and, by order dated August 16, 1971, was transferred to this court.
Petitioner is currently serving sentences totalling thirty (30) years in the Virginia State Penitentiary pursuant to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Campbell County imposed…
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