Legal Opinion
Pickens v. Butler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1987No. 86-3354PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Pickens appeals from the district court’s denial of his application for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
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Thomas Pickens was paroled from the Louisiana Department of Corrections in May 1971. A short time later, Pickens left Louisiana and traveled to California without informing parole authorities of his whereabouts.
In January 1977, Pickens was arrested under an assumed name in California for armed robbery and assault. When the Louisiana authorities were notified of Pick-ens’ arrest, they forwarded a warrant to California seeking his arrest for parole…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ray Earnest v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- United States v. John Curtis KindredCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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- Kellogg v. ShoemakerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Mitchell Sneed v. David DonahueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
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