Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Edward Sieg v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 1957No. 11977_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
The relator appeals from an order denying a writ of habeas corpus, because of absence of any federal question. Upon issuance of a certificate of probable cause, this appeal followed.
On January 24, 1938 the relator, residing in Chicago, was arrested by state authorities in connection with a number of purse snatchings. He was convicted on one of the charges and received an indeterminate sentence of from one to twenty years. As he was a federal conditional release parolee at that time, the Federal authorities lodged a parole violator’s warrant against him. On October 27,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Buchalter v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- People Ex Rel. Barrett v. BartleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- Kelly v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
- In Re GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Willoughby v. PhendDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1969
- Samuel D. Collins v. John KlingerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Robert E. Greene, Jr. v. Michigan Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964