Legal Opinion
Eddie David Cox v. United States of America Ex Rel. R. L. Arron, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Marion, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 1977No. 76-1583PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Eddie David Cox, a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, seeks credit against his federal sentence for time served on a state conviction. His claim is based on the fact that his imprisonment on the federal sentence was interrupted to permit him to complete a state sentence which was reinstated after his collateral attack on the state conviction failed. He raises three arguments in support of his claim: first, that interruption of his federal sentence was prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 3568; second, that the interrupted sentence…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Jack Shields v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Smith v. SwopeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- United States v. George Gordon LiddyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
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