Clark v. Dalsheim’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Molinaro v. New Jersey · Estelle v. Dorrough · Eisler v. United States · United States v. Forty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Dollars ($45,940) in United States Currency · United States ex rel. Bailey v. U. S. Commanding Officer of the Office of the Provost Marshal
Most-quoted passages
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“Such a summary dismissal is appropriate in the instant case. Petitioner has failed to report to state authorities for almost seven years, although communication with these authorities was a stated condition of his early release from prison. Further, petitioner has failed to answer for at least two crimes which he allegedly committed after leaving prison, despite the issuance of an arrest warrant in connection with one of these incidents. Petitioner thus falls within the definition of a fugitive from justice, as that term has been used in decisions summarily dismissing claims brought by fugitives.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“One can imagine hypothetieals, such as where an escaped inmate had been threatened with reprisals by prison officials if he filed a habeas petition, when a court should consider the merits of the fugitive’s petition. However, counsel has failed to plead the existence of any such extraordinary circumstances in the instant case. The Court can only conclude that petitioner’s fugitive status results from his contempt for the law, and nothing more.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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