Legal Opinion
McGaughey v. United States
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 14, 1978No. 78-0121-CV-W-1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. OLIVER, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, presently confined at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, has filed a pro se motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He asserts that the revocation of his probation on 7 January 1977 was illegal.
Before turning to the merits of petitioner’s claim, it is necessary to summarize his involvement with this and other federal courts. In 1969, petitioner entered guilty pleas in the District of Nebraska to five indictments alleging a total of 29 violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 495, and 2314. Judge Van Pelt, who…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Daeche v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- United States v. Ross Joseph StradaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Edward William LancerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Jerry Warren Owensby v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Donald Eugene McGaughey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979