Legal Opinion
Stanton T. Story v. Warden Tom Kindt Attorney General Preate
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 27, 1994No. 92-3586PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Stanton T. Story from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he had failed to exhaust available state court remedies. Story contends that we must excuse the ■ exhaustion requirement because the nine-year delay in his post-conviction collateral proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County was inordinate. We agree. We therefore reverse the order of the district court and remand the case for consideration…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Wayne Paul Burkett v. Richard Cunningham, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Commonwealth v. MoodySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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