Orville E. Stifel, II v. William F. Hopkins, Esq.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1973-05-01

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McCREE, Circuit Judge. This case presents the question whether a federal prisoner who is incarcerated in a state other than the state of his domicile prior to conviction can show that he is a citizen of the state of incarceration for purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction. The District Court held that as a matter of law the prisoner was precluded from making this showing,…

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