Legal Opinion
Leonard R. Cherek v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 1985No. 85-2003PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
On May 21, 1985, after the defendant’s federal criminal conviction became final by the denial of his petition for certiorari seeking review of our order affirming the conviction, the district judge ordered the defendant to surrender to begin serving his sentence. The defendant immediately filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to set aside the conviction, and on May 31 the district judge stayed the surrender order and allowed the defendant to remain at liberty on his own recognizance pending disposition of the 2255 motion. The judge did this on the ground that clear and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Stack v. BoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Salvatore Joseph Marino v. Dan Vasquez, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Frederick Leon Dotson v. J.J. Clark, Warden, Memphis Federal Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Darrell Martin v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Mark v. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Richard KellyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Jeffrey Grune v. Thomas A. CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
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