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Article • July 15, 2018
Florida prisoner's 14th successive motion yields sanction from state Supreme Court by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Supreme Court of Florida held that Carlos Woodson filed a frivolous and meritless petition. The court sanctioned Woodson by barring him from any future filings in the case. Woodson was convicted of burglary and …
Hall v. Arneson, 9th Cir., MSJ Appeal - False Imprisonment (2014) No. 13-56441 THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT HAROLD C. HALL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARK ARNESON and KENNETH CROCKER, Defendants and Appellees. C.D. Cal. No. CV 05-1977 ABC Appeal from an Order Granting Summary …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Sentencing, All Writs Act
Federal Courts Lack Authority to Expunge Valid Convictions by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision that it lacked jurisdiction to expunge criminal convictions pursuant to its inherent power to order equitable relief, or pursuant to the All Writs Act. David Rowlands, a New Jersey public …
Eighth Circuit Upholds, Defines IFP Provisions by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit, in two separate rulings, has upheld and defined the In Forma Pauperis (IFP) provisions of the PLRA. Kenneth Murray filed a petition under the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, claiming a court clerk …
All Writs Act Limited by The seventh circuit court of appeals has given a narrow interpretation to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, by holding that a district court lacked the authority to order the Illinois DOC to transport a prisoner to a medical expert witness's office for …
No Habeas for Jailhouse Lawyer Aid by In a rather novel ruling the third circuit has ruled that federal courts lack authority to issue writs of habeas corpus to ensure that an imprisoned pro se litigant has the assistance of a jailhouse lawyer at trial. Michael Jones is a New …