Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Sullivan
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 29, 1988No. 85 Civ. 4014(CBM)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTLEY, District Judge.
By opinion and accompanying order filed January 8, 1988, this court denied petitioner’s motion for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) (1982). Counsel for petitioner filed a notice of appeal in the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on February 8, 1988, and now request, by letter dated March 18, 1988, that this court permit the appeal to proceed by issuing a certificate of probable cause, as required by Fed.R.App.P. 22(b).
Our Court of Appeals has held that “the standard of probable cause to appeal requires the district court to find that…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Larrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1928
- Raymond Walker, Cross-Appellant v. Ted Engle, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
- United States v. George StofskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Walter Sanders v. James E. Sullivan and Robert Abrams, the Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Collins v. ScullyDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
- Ponder v. ConwayDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2010
- Brumfield v. StinsonDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2003