Legal Opinion
Glen Grayson, by His Next of Friend John Grayson v. Kessler Montgomery
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 12, 1970No. 7406_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
After misdemeanor convictions in a Massachusetts state court, plaintiff Grayson sought equitable relief in federal district court under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Named as defendants were the clerk and judges of Roxbury District Court, who had allegedly coerced plaintiff into waiving the right to appeal his convictions. The court below held an evidentiary hearing, but concluded that plaintiff’s suit was in essence a petition for habeas corpus and dismissed because of plaintiff’s failure to comply with the exhaustion requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b).
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