Legal Opinion
Manuel Cortinas v. United States Parole Commission, Southwest Region
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1991No. 91-5529PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Per curiam
Manuel Cortinas appeals the denial of habeas corpus relief regarding the revocation of his parole. Finding no error, we affirm.
I
Cortinas filed this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 alleging that various of his rights had been violated by the United States Parole Commission (the Commission) when his special parole was revoked in 1987. Cortinas was originally convicted in 1977 of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, sentenced to a ten-year prison term plus a ten-year term of special parole, and released on regular parole in 1979. In 1982, the Commission terminated the regular parole…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bobby Battle v. U.S. Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Parthenya WhitneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- George Heath v. United States Parole Commission and Robert Henderson, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Gary Lee WickhamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Thomas Dewey Lambert v. Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, and the United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by34 opinions
- Davis v. MooreDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Sam Richard Kell v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Frederick Fillingham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
- Washington v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Donald Stephens, and v. John Thomas, Warden, and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
29 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.