Legal Opinion

Curtis v. Class

District Court, D. South Dakota

Decided September 19, 1996No. Civil 96-5060PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING SECOND FEDERAL PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

BATTEY, Chief Judge.

Petitioner John Thomas Curtis objects to the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations to dismiss his second federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), this Court now conducts a de novo review of the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations. As demonstrated below, the Court adopts the magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny the second petition for writ of habeas corpus.

BACKGROUND

Petitioner was tried by a jury and convicted of attempted…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  2. Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Bradshaw v. StoryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  5. Edwardo Reyes v. John P. Keane, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Michael Dwayne Brown v. Ronald Angelone, Jesse James Pritchard, Jr. v. Ronald Angelone, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
  2. Clarke v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1997
  3. Martin v. JonesDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1997
  4. Zuluaga v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
  5. Mitchell v. CainDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1997

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