Legal Opinion
Ernest Calvin Pace v. J. J. Clark, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1972No. 71-2539PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Ernest Calvin Pace, a federal prisoner, filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus in the court below, seeking credit on his federal sentence for the time he spent in a state jail, allegedly unable to make bond due to the presence of a federal detainer. The district court dismissed the petition to allow exhaustion of administrative remedies.
The trial judge’s ruling was correct. Resort to the courts in matters of this kind are probably unnecessary since there is a statutory requirement that the Attorney General shall give credit “for any days spent in custody in connection with the offense…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jesse Coy Kimbrough v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Ernest C. Davis v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
3Cited by4 opinions
- Frank Soyka v. Noah L. Alldredge, Warden of the United States Northeast PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Cochran v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Louis Collins Cochran v. United States of America, and United States Attorny General, No. 73-3650 Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5th Cir. See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. Of New York, 5th Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Clifford McClardy v. John GluchCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986