Legal Opinion
Scheinert v. Henderson
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 14, 1992No. Civ. A. 92-5163PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WALDMAN, District Judge.
I
Petitioner has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and an accompanying motion for a stay of execution of her sentence or bail pending a decision on her petition. The petition and motion were filed shortly before the closing of the Clerk’s office on Friday, September 4, 1992. Petitioner alleged that she had received notice that day of an order to commence the following morning a thirty day sentence for driving while intoxicated.
A district court has the authority to grant bail to a state prisoner pending review and resolution of a habeas corpus…
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