BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
In this case we consider the jurisdiction of a United States District Court acting pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 et seq., the federal habeas corpus statute, to bar a state criminal proceeding.
BACKGROUND
In September 1986 Mr. James Capps was convicted of heroin trafficking by a state court in New Mexico. In August 1989 a United States District Court issued an order granting Mr. Capps' request for a writ of...
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