FLOURNOY v. MARSHALL

Nos. 86-3236, 86-3706 and 86-3767.

842 F.2d 875 (1988)

Johnnie F. FLOURNOY, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald C. MARSHALL, Supt., Respondent-Appellee. Ralph Edward DEAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald C. MARSHALL, Supt., Respondent-Appellee. Mark Dean ALDRIDGE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald C. MARSHALL, Supt., Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie F. Flournoy, Jr., pro se.

Edward F. Marek (argued), Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant in No. 86-3236.

Stuart A. Cole (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for respondent-appellee in No. 86-3236.

John A. Bay (argued), Ohio Public Defender Com'n, Columbus, Ohio, for petitioners-appellants in Nos. 86-3706 and 86-3767.

William J. Steele, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, John J. Gideon (argued), for respondent-appellee in No. 86-3706.

Christine Bobby, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, John J. Gideon, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), for respondent-appellee in No. 86-3767.

Before ENGEL, MERRITT and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

These three habeas corpus petitions, heard on the same day before the same panel, all involve the identical issue of the proper standard for review by the district court of the findings of U.S. Magistrates. In all three cases, petitions for habeas corpus were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and referred to a U.S. Magistrate under section 636(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Magistrates Act. In all three cases...

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