Legal Opinion
Hillery v. Sumner
District Court, E.D. California
Decided August 7, 1980No. CIVIL S-78-594 LKKPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KARLTON, District Judge.
Respondent filed three motions: to dismiss, for reconsideration of my order of March 27, 1980, and for a stay of responses to interrogatories. A brief examination of the procedural history of the case aids in placing the current motions in perspective.
Petitioner, a state prison inmate, filed his application for a writ of habeas corpus in 1978, challenging the constitutionality of his 1962 Kings County, California, Superior Court conviction for murder. He alleges that he is Black and that he was denied equal protection of the laws because Blacks were…
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