Legal Opinion
George Freeman Causey v. Benjamin R. Civiletti, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1980No. 79-3901PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge;
Appellant George Freeman Causey, currently imprisoned at the Florida Correctional Institute at Avon Park, Florida, filed this pro se motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 to vacate his federal sentence, which the District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied. The District Court refused to rehear the motion but did grant Causey’s application for a Certificate of Probable Cause to implement the present appeal to this Court. 1 Causey does not really challenge the sentence. His complaint is that he should be serving his federal sentence, not the state sentence…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Walter J. Cobb, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Jerry LewisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Zerbst v. McPikeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Gunton v. SquierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- United States v. Bert Croft, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by80 opinions
- United States v. Jude Somerset HardestyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Robbins v. MaggioCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Lewis Thomas v. Patrick WhalenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Raymond K. Horton and Billie Sol EstesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Timothy Curtis BallardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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