Legal Opinion
Swan v. Coupe
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 4, 2013No. Civ. No. 11-847-SLRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.
1. INTRODUCTION
Petitioner Ralph E. Swan (“petitioner”), a Delaware inmate in custody at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Smyrna, Delaware, filed an amended application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (D.I. 11) The amended application contains both exhausted and unexhausted claims. Pending before the court is a request made in petitioner’s reply brief that the court stay and abey these proceedings so that he can return to state court and exhaust his unexhausted claims. (D.I. 24 at 26-35) For the reasons that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rhines v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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