Legal Opinion
Alan Daniel Wilwording v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1974No. 74-1071PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Wilwording has spent five unsuccessful years seeking an eviden-tiary hearing on his claim of unconstitutional disciplinary measures in the Missouri State Penitentiary. In 1969, he filed a § 1983 civil rights action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri. The habeas petition was denied. The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed the denial of the writ in December, 1969. Petitioner then filed the federal habeas petition involved in this appeal. The…
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