Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Dotson v. DeRobertis
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 21, 1982No. 82 C 1464Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
Claude A. Dotson, Jr. (“Dotson”) brings this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition (the “Petition”) challenging his Indiana state court conviction. On March 29, 1982 this Court made the threshold determination necessary to grant Dotson leave to file in forma pauperis. It has now conducted the preliminary facial examination of the Petition called for by Rule 4 following Section 2254 and determines that Count I must be dismissed and this action must then be transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
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- United States v. Pasquale Charles MarzanoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Andrew Thompson v. William H. Bannan, Warden, State Prison of Southern MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Lawrence Ross, Petitioner-Plaintiff-Appellant v. David C. Mebane, Respondents-Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Edward J. Farrant v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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