UNITED STATES EX REL. HICKEY v. JEFFES

No. 76-2604.

571 F.2d 762 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. John HICKEY, Appellant, v. Glen R. JEFFES, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, Pennsylvania District Attorney of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Biehn, Dist. Atty., Stephen B. Harris, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Doylestown, Pa., for appellee.

Joseph D. Paparelli, Gazda and Gazda, Scranton, Pa., for appellant.

Before GIBBONS, VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges, and GERRY, District Judge.


Submitted under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) December 2, 1977.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

John Hickey, a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appeals from an order denying his petition for habeas corpus relief on the ground that he failed to exhaust remedies available under the Pennsylvania Post Conviction Hearing Act. 19 P.S. § 1180-1 et seq. Since each of the issues which Hickey tendered on the habeas corpus petition...

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