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LEVIN v. HALL

Civil Action No. 96-7529.

946 F.Supp. 368 (1996)

Jack LEVIN, Plaintiff, v. Frank HALL, Commissioner of the Philadelphia Prison System, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Simon, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff.

Donna G. Zucker, District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant.

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM

KATZ, District Judge.

AND NOW, this 13th day of November, 1996, after a hearing, it is hereby ORDERED that the Emergency Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED.

Given the broad discretion Pennsylvania law affords the trial judge to deny bail after conviction of this offense, and given the well-settled proposition that there is no absolute federal constitutional right to bail...

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