Mikail Muwwakkil, A/K/A Michael Negron v. Robert Hoke, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Mikail Muwwakkil appeals from the December 9, 1991 order of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Kor-man, Judge, denying his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Muwwakkil argues that a thirteen year delay in hearing his direct appeal from a state murder conviction violated his right to effective access to the appellate process, thereby requiring a vacatur or reduction of his sentence. We affirm the order of the district court and remand for further proceedings.

On October 25, 1977, Muwwakkil was convicted in New York…