Legal Opinion
Larry Davis v. Douglas T. Lansing, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center, and Richard J. Koehler, Commissioner of Corrections, City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 30, 1988No. 1427, Docket 88-2271PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
This is an expedited appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Ward, </., dismissing the petition of appellant Larry Davis for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). The district court assumed jurisdiction but concluded that it should not reach the merits of the petition under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
Davis is currently being tried in New York Supreme Court, Bronx County, before Acting Justice Fried, on…
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