Legal Opinion
Clarence Simpson, Jr., 006232 v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 27, 1973No. 73-2555PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
Citing Fulford v. Smith, 432 F.2d 1225 (C.A.5, 1970), the District Court denied appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus from a state conviction on the ground that he was abusing the Great Writ by advancing in a series of petitions grounds previously presented or grounds that were available to him in his prior petitions. With deference to a District Court faced with a barrage of 15 to 20 claims and weary of appellant’s writ history (three previous federal habeas petitions, two prior appearances in this court, 1 and a series of state court proceedings) we must conclude that we cannot…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Coy Ray Campbell v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director of the Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Enrique B. Andrade v. W. B. (Bill) Hauck, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Clarence Simpson, Jr. v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Harold Raymond Hooks v. Herbert C. Kelley, Warden, Avon Park Correctional InstituteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Jack Howard Potts v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Jack Howard Potts v. Sam AustinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Michael J. Paprskar v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Larry Howard v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director of Arizona State Prison Robert Corbin, Arizona Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Alan Daniel Wilwording v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Alvon O'Neal Haley v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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