Kenneth G. Pavel v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of New York State

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant Kenneth G. Pavel (“Pavel”) has been held for more than ten years pursuant to a state court judgment of conviction in the custody of state correctional authorities, most recently that of Respondent Appellee Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent of the Oneida Correctional Facility. Over five years ago, on February 7, 1995, Pavel petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, then-Chief Judge). Pavel ar-. gued that the state court judgment…