Jody Parks Brown v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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• noting that state-court detainee may raise speedy-trial claim but that Graham made “no request to enforce his right to a speedy trial”
• explaining the types of claims that may be pursued in a pretrial habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
• requiring exhaustion by petition for writ of mandamus, but applying law in effect prior to 1977 amendment to Article V, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution
• § 2241 petitioner’s claim that “he presently is being denied [a speedy] trial and is entitled to force the state to proceed or dismiss” is “cognizable under Braden, but the exhaustion hurdles must still be overcome.”
• requiring exhaustion by petition for writ of mandamus

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).