Shack, Murray v. The Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, Warden of Rahway State Prison, New Jersey, District Attorney of Delaware County

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denying appellant habeas corpus relief. We affirm.

I

On May 11, 1979, appellant Murray Shack, having been convicted of a New Jersey criminal offense, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Pennsylvania authorities then lodged a detainer against Shack on the basis of an arrest warrant issued for a Pennsylvania offense. On September 14, 1979, Shack was transferred from New Jersey to stand trial in Pennsylvania. Prior to this transfer,…