Legal Opinion
Frank A. Vicaretti, Jr. v. Robert J. Henderson, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility, and Lawrence T. Kurlander, Intervenor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 2, 1981No. 965, Docket 79-2186PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This motion for rehearing calls into question the propriety of this Court’s occasional practice of limiting the grounds of an appeal to one or more specified issues when issuing a certificate of probable cause to permit appeal from denial of a state prisoner’s petition for habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (1976). Appellant’s pro se petition for habeas corpus relief to challenge his state court conviction for first degree rape was denied by the District Court for the Western District of New York (Harold Burke, Judge). A panel of this Court granted petitioner’s motion for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Roger R. Haller v. Allan, L. Robbins, Warden of the Maine State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Johnson v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. Fred FernandezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Charles Alexander v. David Harris, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- United States ex rel. Hickey v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Robert Moates v. Wayne Barkley, Superintendent at Riverview Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Edwardo Reyes v. John P. Keane, Superintendent, Sing Sing Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Bossett v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Bossett v. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Roy Ramsey v. Michael Bowersox, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
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