Legal Opinion
Lambert v. Sullivan
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 18, 1999No. 2:99-cv-00113PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RANDA, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on Kevin Lambert’s (“Lambert”) petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. A federal district court may deny a writ of habeas corpus outright, without a return from the respondent, when “it appears from the application that the applicant or person detained is not entitled thereto.” 28 U.S.C. § 2243. That is the case here. Lambert, an inmate at Wisconsin’s Fox Lake Correctional Institution, challenges the legality of his pending transfer to a private correctional facility in either Texas or Tennessee.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Olim v. WakinekonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Richardson v. McKnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Holt v. SarverDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gibson v. PuckettDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2000
- State of Tennessee v. Anthony Wayne Lankford and Christopher Arthur McKeonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- State v. ParkerCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2001
- Berdine v. SullivanDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2001