Legal Opinion
Kenneth Hanson v. Jon Heckel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1986No. 84-2819PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a state prisoner’s civil rights action. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court construed all the claims as sounding in habeas corpus and denied relief for failure to exhaust state court remedies. We affirm.
Petitioner Kenneth Hanson is an inmate presently incarcerated at Illinois’ Centralia Correctional Center, although he initially was committed to the Vandalia Correctional Center, in Vandalia, Illinois. Hanson claims that, while he was at Vandalia, its warden, Jon Heckel, denied him various amounts of meritorious good time in violation of his…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Baxter v. PalmigianoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Randolph J. Greene v. Edwin Meese, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Young v. KennyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Daniel J. Waletzki v. P.W. Keohane, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Aaron B. Scruggs v. Alfred W. Moellering, Gregory Antalis, and Geraldine C. BehrCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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