Legal Opinion

Garcia v. Pugh

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided November 13, 1996No. Civil Action 96-4782PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

In June 1996, Felipe Manuel Torres Garcia filed a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Because an error by the Clerk’s Office of this court had delayed Mr. Torres Garcia’s filing, 1 I requested that the government respond to Mr: Torres Garcia’s petition in twenty days rather than the customary sixty. The government has complied with that request by filing a “preliminary response” to Mr. Torres Garcia’s petition.

In its response, the government argues that this court should dispose of Mr. Torres Garcia’s petition without reaching…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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  3. Wilton Chatman-Bey v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  4. William D. Dunne v. Gary L. HenmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  5. Bradshaw v. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981

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