Legal Opinion
Pottinger v. Warden, Northpoint Training Center
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided April 28, 1989No. Civ. A. No. 88-0562 L(J)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the court on respondent’s motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, for summary judgment to deny the petition for writ of habeas corpus. Jurisdiction is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 (1977). Because the court finds none of the petitioner’s grounds for the writ persuasive, summary judgment will be granted on behalf of the respondents.
BACKGROUND
Petitioner Charles Leo Pottinger is presently incarcerated at the Northpoint Training Center in Burgin, Kentucky, as a result of a 1982 conviction in Jefferson Circuit Court of…
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