Legal Opinion
Joseph Woods v. John P. Whitley, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1991No. 90-3705PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Woods appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his serial federal habeas corpus petition on the ground that it was an abuse of the writ. See Rule 9(b) of the Rules Governing § 2254 cases. Guided by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in McCleskey v. Zant, — U.S. -, 111 S.Ct. 1454, 113 L.Ed.2d 517 (1991), we affirm.
This is Woods’s third application for a federal writ of habeas corpus. His first application, filed in September 1980, was treated as a “mixed” habeas and § 1983 petition and was dismissed without prejudice to allow Woods to exhaust his…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- United States v. Abraham FloresCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Robert Camarano v. Frank Irvin, Superintendent, Wende Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Jihaad A.M.E. Saahir v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
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