Legal Opinion
Lawrence Lines v. David Larkins, Warden the District Attorney of the County of Bucks the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 21, 2000No. 97-2050PublishedCited by 479 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McKEE, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to review the District Court’s dismissal of Lawrence Lines’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The District Court held that Lines had not exhausted his state court remedies, and dismissed the petition without prejudice based upon that court’s conclusion that Lines could return to state court to properly present his claims there. We agree that Lines has not exhausted his state court remedies. However, we conclude that returning to state court would be futile and that his claims are all proee-durally defaulted. We…
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