United States ex rel. Schultz v. Brierley, 18890.

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit)
Writing for the CourtVAN DUSEN, ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit
Citation449 F.2d 1286
PartiesUNITED STATES ex rel. Regis Charles SCHULTZ, Appellant, v. Joseph BRIERLEY, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Docket NumberNo. 18890.,18890.
Decision Date18 October 1971

449 F.2d 1286 (1971)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Regis Charles SCHULTZ, Appellant,
v.
Joseph BRIERLEY, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

No. 18890.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Submitted September 20, 1971.

Decided October 18, 1971.


Regis C. Schultz, pro se.

W. Thomas Malcolm, Dist. Atty., Indiana, Pa., for appellee.

Before VAN DUSEN, ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial in the district court of a habeas corpus petition.

449 F.2d 1287
Appellant was convicted of burglary in a Pennsylvania County Court of Quarter Sessions. He made a timely but unsuccessful motion for a new trial, and appealed his conviction to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania which affirmed. Commonwealth v. Shultz, 213 Pa.Super. 783, 249 A.2d 356 (1968). Allocatur was denied by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Thereafter he filed a petition in the district court for habeas corpus. The district court, without a hearing, entered an order as follows
AND NOW, this 18th day of March, 1970, upon consideration of application of above-named applicant for habeas corpus, and it appearing that applicant has failed to exhaust his State remedies.
It is ORDERED that the said application be and it hereby is denied.

This cryptic order makes no reference to the contentions set forth in the petition for habeas corpus or to the state remedies to which the district court refers in its order. Appellant petitioned for reconsideration or in the alternative for a certificate of probable cause to appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (1970). In an equally cryptic order the district court denied the petition for reconsideration but granted the certificate of probable cause.

We have examined the petition for habeas corpus and compared it with the briefs filed by appellant and on his behalf in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. It is clear that the same contentions which are advanced to the district court in the petition for habeas corpus were raised on direct appeal in the Pennsylvania courts and rejected. Indeed the appellee does not contend otherwise. Rather, the Commonwealth's sole contention is that the availability of a remedy under the Pennsylvania Post Conviction Hearing Act, 1965, Jan. 25, P.L. 1580 § 2, 19 P.S. 1180-2 (Purdon's Supp. 1971) brings into operation the rule requiring exhaustion of available state remedies, 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) and (c). In view of the state...

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    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. District of New Jersey
    • 27 Febrero 1986
    ...41-42 (3d Cir.1984); United States ex rel Hickey v. Jeffes, 571 F.2d 762, 764 (3d Cir.1978); United States ex rel Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286 (3d Cir.1971); Morrison v. Kimmelman, 579 F.Supp. 796, 801 The state also contends that the claims petitioner now raises, were not "fairl......
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    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
    • 4 Junio 1985
    ...PCHA. Swanger v. Zimmerman, 750 F.2d at 295; Codispoti v. Howard, 589 F.2d 135 (3d Cir.1978); United States ex rel. Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286 (3d In the present case, the Magistrate reasoned that although all of Ross' grounds for relief in this habeas petition had been presented to......
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    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Court of Middle District of Pennsylvania
    • 22 Agosto 1977
    ...L.Ed. 469 (1953); United States ex rel. Geisler v. Walters, 510 F.2d 887, 892 (3d Cir. 1975); United States ex el. Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286 (3d Cir. 1971); United States ex rel. Turner v. Rundle, 438 F.2d 839 (3d Cir. 1971). In this case, petitioner has not presented his claim to ......
  • Swanger v. Zimmerman, No. 84-5090
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
    • 21 Diciembre 1984
    ...97 L.Ed. 469 (1953); United States ex rel. Hickey v. Jeffes, 571 F.2d 762, 764 (3d Cir.1978); United States ex rel. Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286, 1287 (3d Cir.1971). Thus, the magistrate was correct in concluding that seven of petitioner's nine claims, which had been considered and re......
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  • Braunskill v. Hilton, Civ. A. No. 85-2008.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. District of New Jersey
    • 27 Febrero 1986
    ...41-42 (3d Cir.1984); United States ex rel Hickey v. Jeffes, 571 F.2d 762, 764 (3d Cir.1978); United States ex rel Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286 (3d Cir.1971); Morrison v. Kimmelman, 579 F.Supp. 796, 801 The state also contends that the claims petitioner now raises, were not "fairl......
  • Ross v. Fulcomer, Civ. A. No. 84-5774.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Court (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
    • 4 Junio 1985
    ...PCHA. Swanger v. Zimmerman, 750 F.2d at 295; Codispoti v. Howard, 589 F.2d 135 (3d Cir.1978); United States ex rel. Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286 (3d In the present case, the Magistrate reasoned that although all of Ross' grounds for relief in this habeas petition had been presented to......
  • Choice v. Pennsylvania Bd. of Parole, Civ. No. 76-779.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Court of Middle District of Pennsylvania
    • 22 Agosto 1977
    ...L.Ed. 469 (1953); United States ex rel. Geisler v. Walters, 510 F.2d 887, 892 (3d Cir. 1975); United States ex el. Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286 (3d Cir. 1971); United States ex rel. Turner v. Rundle, 438 F.2d 839 (3d Cir. 1971). In this case, petitioner has not presented his claim to ......
  • Swanger v. Zimmerman, No. 84-5090
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
    • 21 Diciembre 1984
    ...97 L.Ed. 469 (1953); United States ex rel. Hickey v. Jeffes, 571 F.2d 762, 764 (3d Cir.1978); United States ex rel. Schultz v. Brierley, 449 F.2d 1286, 1287 (3d Cir.1971). Thus, the magistrate was correct in concluding that seven of petitioner's nine claims, which had been considered and re......
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