Legal Opinion
Siers, Charles E. v. Ryan, Joseph M. And the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 20, 1985No. 84-1521PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a pro se habeas corpus petition for failure to allege facts which, if proved, would establish a constitutional violation as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) (1982). 1 For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the judgment of the district court.
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Petitioner-appellant, Charles E. Siers (“Siers”) was arrested and charged with the commission of three bank robberies and, following a preliminary hearing, was bound over for trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Siers did not go…
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