Legal Opinion
Lewis H. Dickerson v. Robert Walsh, Superintendent, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 1984No. 84-1435PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Lewis Dickerson, appeals an order entered on March 5, 1984, by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). The district court found petitioner’s claim that Massachusetts’ post-conviction review procedure violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to be without merit. We dismiss the appeal for failure of the petitioner to exhaust his state remedies. Procedural History
The petitioner, Lewis Dickerson, was convicted of first degree…
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