Legal Opinion
Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. v. Warden Holman CF
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 2018No. 18-11229PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JORDAN, Circuit Judge:
Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. faces execution on April 19, 2018, in Alabama for the 1989 murder of Eleventh Circuit Judge Robert Vance. After the Alabama Supreme Court set an execution date, Mr. Moody filed a counseled petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 . He named the warden of the Alabama facility where he is currently incarcerated as the respondent, and asserted in two related claims that under federal law Alabama cannot legally carry out his scheduled execution. He argued that before Alabama can put him to death, he must first be returned to…
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