Legal Opinion
Lopez-Lopez v. Sanders
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2010No. 08-3520PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
Ruben Lopez-Lopez, a federal inmate in Arkansas, appeals the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Convicted of drug offenses, Lopez-Lopez was sentenced to 235 months’ imprisonment by the United States District Court in Puerto Rico. The First Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence. See United States v. Lopez-Lopez, 282 F.3d 1 (1st Cir.2002). He later sought relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in the sentencing court, alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. After that court and the First Circuit denied a certificate of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Ronald U. LurieCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- Mustafa Abdullah v. Bill Hedrick, Warden, United States Medical Center for Federal PrisonersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. Lopez-LopezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Ruben Lopez-Lopez v. Linda SandersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
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