UNITED STATES EX REL. GEISLER v. WALTERS

No. 74-1345.

510 F.2d 887 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Theodore GEISLER, Appellant, v. Gilbert A. WALTERS, Superintendent, Western Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Bongiovanni, III, Speese & Kephart, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

John J. Hickton, Dist. Atty. of Allegheny County, John M. Tighe, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eberhardt, Robert L. Campbell, J. Kent Culley, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before BIGGS, ADAMS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal without a hearing of the relator-appellant's, Geisler's, application for habeas corpus. The district court ruled that Geisler had failed to exhaust his state remedies. The instant appeal followed. Its disposition requires our examination of the complicated history of Geisler's various motions and petitions and a determination of whether he has either exhausted...

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