Hughes v. Quay
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BRAXTON LEVI HUGHES, : Petitioner : : No. 1:21-cv-152 v. : : (Judge Rambo) WARDEN H. QUAY, : Respondent : MEMORANDUM On January 27, 2021, pro se Petitioner Braxton Levi Hughes (“Petitioner”), while still incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary Allenwood in White Deer, Pennsylvania (“USP Allenwood”), initiated the above-captioned case by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. No. 1.) Petitioner asserts that he is “being illegally held past [his] sentence because [he]…
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