PALMER v. DUGGER

No. 86-5394.

833 F.2d 253 (1987)

Clayton PALMER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Lisa A. Rosenthal, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert L. Teitler, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Deborah Guller, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., for respondents-appellees.

Before JOHNSON and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

In this habeas corpus proceeding, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida determined that Clayton Palmer was not entitled to credit for time served in Georgia and South Carolina prior to Palmer's extradition to Florida. Consequently, the district court denied Palmer's petition. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

On March 28, 1982, Palmer was arrested in Georgia on fugitive arrest warrants...

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