Legal Opinion
John L. Beck v. P. E. Wilkes, Acting Warden, Federal Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 16, 1979No. 78-2894PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
John L. Beck, a federal prisoner confined in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2241. In 1972 Beck was sentenced in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to 12 years’ incarceration for armed robbery. He was paroled in 1975. On January 6,1976, Beck was arrested in the District of Columbia for the intervening offenses of kidnapping while armed, rape, sodomy, and armed robbery. While awaiting trial on the new charges, a parole revocation warrant was executed on January 20,1976, and Beck was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Don B. Cook v. United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Bernard Brown-Bey v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Carl E. Cook v. Jack A. Hanberry, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Carl E. Cook v. Jack A. Hanberry, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Oscar Cornelius Goodman v. Thomas F. KeohaneCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Jim Dean Barton v. Clyde Malley, Warden and Santos Quintana, Director Field Services Division, New Mexico Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
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