Legal Opinion
Robert M. Layne v. Frank O. Gunter
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 4, 1977No. 76-1497PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing without prejudice petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner had sought the habeas relief on the ground that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had denied him the right expeditiously to prosecute his appeal of several state court convictions. Although the district court agreed that petitioner’s due process rights had been violat ed, it held that, under the circumstances, there was no reason either to enter affirmative relief or to retain jurisdiction over the case, and it denied the…
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- Arthur T. Odsen v. Robert J. Moore, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
- United States of America, Ex Rel., Frank Earl Senk, S-0026 v. J. R. Brierley, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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