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· 5/31/2001

Joseph Coady v. Donald T. Vaughn the District Attorney of the County of Montgomery the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania

Citations

  • 251 F.3d 480
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 11279
  • 2001 WL 584850

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  • concluding that state prisoners “challenging the execution of [their] sentence” must rely on Section 2254 and not 28 U.S.C. §2241 to obtain habeas relief
  • determining that jurisdiction to entertain state prisoner’s habeas petition challenging denial of parole lies under Section 2254
  • noting that state prisoners who wish to challenge the execution of their sentence must proceed under § 2254
  • noting that state prisoners who wish to challenge the execution of their sentence must proceed under §2254
  • noting that jurisdiction to review a state prisoner’s habeas petition challenging denial of parole lies under § 2254(a)
  • noting that § 2241 confers habeas corpus jurisdiction over petitions by federal prisoners challenging the execution of their sentences

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Judges: Becker, Stapleton, Weis

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