Legal Opinion
Donald Ray Sceifers, Sr. v. Clarence Trigg
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1995No. 93-2722PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
After making little progress in a seemingly endless pursuit of post-conviction relief within the Indiana state court system, Donald Ray Sceifers, Sr. (“Sceifers”), decided to bypass the Indiana state process and filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court dismissed this cause of action without prejudice for failure to exhaust available state remedies. Sceifers claimed that the exhaustion requirement of § 2254(b) should not bar his petition for federal habeas…
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