Linda Anaya v. Edward J. Hansen, Superintendent, Maine Correctional Center

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of the habeas corpus petition of Linda Anaya. The primary question raised is whether blue collar workers, less educated individuals, and young adults constitute “cognizable" or “distinctive” groups under the test set forth by the Supreme Court in Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 364, 99 S.Ct. 664, 668, 58 L.Ed.2d 579 (1979), such that a mere showing of statistical underrepresen-tation of such persons on the venire in comparison to their representation in the community as a whole will indicate a prima facie violation of the sixth…