Legal Opinion
Williams v. Vaughn
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 1998No. Civil Action 95-7977PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DUBOIS, District Judge.
Before the Court is petitioner’s Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in which he alleges various constitutional violations in both the guilt and sentencing phases of his capital murder trial. Because the Amended Petition contains both exhausted and unex-hausted claims — is a “mixed” petition — the Court concludes that it must be dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies. See Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 521-22, 102 S.Ct. 1198, 71 L.Ed.2d 379 (1982). In order to eliminate any risk that petitioner will be barred…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Anthony Alexander Pittman, A/K/A Anthony Alexander Pittman, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Robert E. HENRY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Daniel LUNGREN, California State Attorney General, Respondent-Appellant, Wayne Estelle, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Sitto v. BockDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2002
- Hudson v. MartinDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1999
- Sperling v. WhiteDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1998
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