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· 7/1/1986

David Isaiah Garris v. Charles S. Lindsay, Administrator, Maximum Security Facility

Citations

  • 794 F.2d 722
  • 254 U.S. App. D.C. 13
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 26358

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “It is the inefficacy of the remedy, not a personal inability to utilize it, that is determinative. . . .”
  • “It is the inefficacy of the remedy, not a personal inability to utilize it, that is determinative[.]”
  • “It is the inefficacy of the remedy, not a personal inability to utilize it, that is determinative . . .”
  • “It is the inefficacy of the remedy, not a personal inability to utilize it, that is determinative[.]”
  • A[M]ere lack of success on [direct] appeal does not pave the way for collateral attack.@
  • “mere lack of success on [direct] appeal does not pave the way for collateral attack”

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Judges: Robinson, Starr, Buckley

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