Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Knight v. Ragen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1964No. 14572PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner-plaintiff (petitioner) Will-.more Knight, pro se, seeks review of ■orders of the district court dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241, and complaints alleging violations of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1983 and 1985(3). This appeal was submitted on the briefs and record without oral argument.
Petitioner is presently incarcerated at the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet, Illinois, serving a sentence of ten to thirty years for armed robbery, pursuant to a final judgment of the state courts of Illinois.
His petition and complaints allege, in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Roberts v. PegelowCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Rufus Coleman v. Walter Johnston, Justin A. McGowan Kinzie Bluett and Frank G. SainCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- Kelly v. DowdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Carl C. Coppinger v. Gene Townsend, M.D., and Wayne K. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Jordan v. FitzharrisDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1966
- Long v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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