Legal Opinion
Charles Mendoza v. Harold G. Miller, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1985No. 84-1791PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Charles Mendoza, appeals the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.
I
The following facts were presented in the respondent’s motion for summary judgment and are not in dispute. On March 14, 1984, Nathan Cowgér, an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, was stabbed to death in his cell. The *1290unit officer on duty, an Officer Kaffenber-ger, responded to Cowger’s screams and observed two inmates running from the victim’s cell. Kaffenberger was able to positively identify one of the perpetrators as inmate Jose Ramon Vallez but…
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by119 opinions
- Henderson v. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- James L. Webb v. Ron Anderson, Superintendent, Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Larry Whitford v. Captain BoglinoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Kenneth McClure Young, II v. Warren Kann and Jane DoeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Ruben Ramirez Sanchez v. H.G. Miller, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Marion, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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