William Cody v. Robert J. Henderson, Warden, Auburn Correctional Facility

FEINBERG, Senior Circuit Judge:

Respondent-appellant Robert J. Henderson, Warden of the Auburn Correctional Facility, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in October 1990, Vincent L. Broderick, J., granting petitioner-appellee William Cody’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Judge Broderick granted the petition on the ground that extensive delay in the processing of Cody’s criminal appeal in the New York State courts violated his constitutional right to due process, even though the New York State…