Court Opinion

ID: 9466822
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:29:14.024132+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:59.072152
License: Public Domain

BAUER, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
In the case at bar we hold that the federal habeas statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, does not *1192provide a remedy for the petitioner’s claim that he is incarcerated in violation of the federal wiretap statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2515. In my view, it is therefore unnecessary to determine the applicability of Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465, 96 S.Ct. 3037, 49 L.Ed.2d 1067 (1976), to habeas review of federal claims of illegal surveillance under the federal wiretap statute. Accordingly, I concur in the judgment of the Court affirming the dismissal of the petition on the ground that the petitioner’s claim is not cognizable under Section 2254 solely for the reasons expressed in Part III of the opinion.