Legal Opinion
Elliott v. FAMILY COURT OF DELAWARE
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 11, 2008No. Civ. 07-744-SLRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Currently before the court is petitioner Dennis A. Elliott’s (“petitioner”) application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.I. 1; D.I. 4; D.I. 14) Petitioner is incarcerated in the John L. Webb Correctional Center in Wilmington, Delaware. For the reasons that follow, the court will dismiss petitioner’s § 2254 application without prejudice for failure to exhaust state remedies.
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The State of New Jersey ordered petitioner to pay child support for his son, Shawn P.…
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