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LINES v. LARKINS

No. 97-2050.

208 F.3d 153 (2000)

Lawrence LINES, Appellant, v. David LARKINS, Warden; The District Attorney of the County of Bucks; The Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed March 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth K. Ainslie (Argued) Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Stephen B. Harris (Argued) Heather A. Castellino, Office of District Attorney, Doylestown, PA, for Appellees.

Before: McKEE, and RENDELL, Circuit Judges, and DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

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...

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