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United States of America Ex Rel. James Morris Fletcher v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 8, 1969No. 17433_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

This pro se appeal comes to us as the latest episode in this state prisoner’s continuing siege of the state and federal judicial machinery. The tangled state of the pleadings is attributable to what one state judge characterized as “such a barrage of paper flak that it is difficult to fly through it with full awareness of the present procedural position at any given time.” 1 2 From this melange, we have been able to glean the following:

On the day after pleading guilty to charges of receiving stolen goods and prison breach in a Pennsylvania court on September 17, 1966,* the…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Roberts v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. United States of America Ex Rel. John W. Singer v. David N. Myers, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967

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4Cited by14 opinions

  1. United States of America Ex Rel. Edward Bennett No. H-6720 v. Alfred T. Rundle, Warden of Eastern Correctional Institute, Graterford, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
  2. Dominick Codispoti Y-1353 v. James F. Howard, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
  3. United States Ex Rel. Regis Charles Schultz v. Joseph Brierley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  4. United States of America Ex Rel. Anthony Russo v. The State of New Jersey and the Principal Keeper of the State Prison at Trenton, New Jersey. United States of America Ex Rel. Frank Bisignano v. The State of New Jersey and the Principal Keeper of the State Prison at Trenton, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  5. United States Ex Rel. Moore v. RussellDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971

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