Legal Opinion
Jerry Mason v. Robert W. Meyers Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 20, 2000No. 98-7078PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
The first of the issues raised in appellant Jerry Mason’s (“Mason”) appeal — whether a state court’s inordinate delay of four years in processing a petition for collateral relief under Pennsylvania’s Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa. Cons.Stat. §§ 9541 et seq. (“PCRA”) constitutes a due process violation cognizable in a federal habeas corpus proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 1 — has already been addressed and resolved by this court. See Hassine v. Zimmerman, 160 F.3d 941 (3d Cir.1998) (holding that a delay in processing a collateral proceeding…
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- Michael Kapral v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Donald Burns v. Willis E. Morton, Superintendent Peter Verniero, the Attorney General of the State of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Dale Swartz v. Meyers, Superintendent Pennsylvania Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by172 opinions
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- United States v. Shahborn EmmanuelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
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