Dailey v. Wainwright
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's habeas corpus petition against the warden of the Marion Correctional Institution (MCI), holding that Appellant's petition was barred by res judicata.
Appellant, an inmate at MCI, filed a successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his maximum aggregate sentence had expired. The court of appeals dismissed the action, holding that habeas corpus does not lie because Appellant's maximum aggregate sentence will not expire until June 2023 and that the petition was barred by res judicata as a successive habeas petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the court of appeals properly granted summary judgment on res judicata grounds.
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