Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Judge & District Attorney General of the Thirteenth Judicial District
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided March 3, 1976No. C-75-50-EPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
McRAE, District Judge.
In June 1975 James G. Palmer, acting pro se, filed this suit, titled “Motion— Writ of Mandamus,” seeking to have a 1959 Gibson County Tennessee indictment quashed and a renewed 1975 detainer filed against petitioner in Illinois ordered withdrawn. The petitioner claims that he has been denied his rights to a speedy trial by the appropriate officials of Tennessee.
This Court ordered this suit to be treated as a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Subsequently the Court denied the State’s Motion to Dismiss, ordered the State to…
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