97 F. Supp. 2d 665 - Nwanze v. Hahn’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Wolff v. McDonnell · Heck v. Humphrey · Allen v. McCurry · Preiser v. Rodriguez · Bailey v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Dorsainvil was tried, convicted and sentenced within the Third Circuit [whereas] Nwanze was tried, convicted and sentenced within the Fourth Circuit and now seeks to have [the Western District] Court to bestow upon him the benefit of the Third Circuit's Dorsainvil decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]s a general proposition only matters concerning the conditions of confinement or the execution of a sentence are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the court presiding in the district in which a prisoner is incarcerated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] review of the facts of this case would indicate that Nwanze's conviction would in all likelihood, be vacated under Bailey and existing Fourth Circuit authority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.