Legal Opinion
Paul Ashley, AKA Walter Paul Foster v. The State of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1968No. 21748PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Appeal from denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. That court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction. There was no hearing. The pertinent allegations of the petition are these: In 1962, Ashley was sentenced in the Superior Court of King County, Washington, to a term of 25 years in Washington State prison. On July 4, 1964, he “allegedly” escaped. On January 23, 1965, he was arrested in Florida on a Florida felony charge and the State of Washington was notified.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ahrens v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States ex rel. Durocher v. LaValleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. James J. Savini v. J. Vernal Jackson, Warden, Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N. Y.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by109 opinions
- Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Limmie West, III v. State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States of America Ex Rel. Stanley Meadows v. State of New York and Warden of the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Elbert Blango v. Richard R. Thornburgh J. Michael Quinlan Gary L. Henman Mayor, Washington, D.C.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- United States of America Ex Rel. William Van Scoten v. Commonwealth of PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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