Dee Farmer v. Circuit Court of Maryland for Baltimore County Attorney General of the State of Maryland Richard H. Rison

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Senior Circuit Judge PHILLIPS wrote the’opinion, in which Circuit Judge K.K. HALL and Circuit Judge MURNAGHAN joined.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

When Dee Farmer, 1 incarcerated in federal prison, sought to pursue Maryland post-conviction relief proceedings to challenge two state convictions, the Maryland courts refused to entertain her petitions because she could not appear personally in the proceedings. When she then petitioned for federal habeas relief and sought to be excused from the state remedies exhaustion requirement or to be considered to…