Legal Opinion
Birchall
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 23, 2009PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
Richard G. Birchall filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the county court pursuant to G. L. c. 248, § 1, seeking relief from his continued detention in the Barnstable County house of correction, where he has been held since April 19, 2007. The petitioner asserts that his incarceration is pursuant to a contempt “order” of a judge in the Orleans Division of the District Court Department that never issued and does not appear on the court docket. He also argues that any contempt order was unlawful because it was based on his failure to pay a civil judgment for which there has been no…
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