David Chitwood v. Denis Dowd, Superintendent, Farmington Correctional Center and William Webster, Missouri Attorney General

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Denis Dowd, Superintendent of the Farmington Correctional Center, and Wil liam Webster, Missouri Attorney General, (collectively “Dowd”) appeal from the district court’s 1 judgment in favor of David Chitwood. The district court granted Chit-wood’s habeas corpus petition, ordering Chitwood transferred to Oklahoma and unconditionally releasing him from serving any remaining time on his Missouri sentences. Dowd asserts on appeal that the district court erred in granting Chitwood habeas corpus relief because Chitwood failed to exhaust state remedies or present a federal…