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MOORE v. SMITH

No. 81-5175.

694 F.2d 115 (1982)

Joseph H. MOORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stephen T. SMITH, Steven Beshear, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1982.

Certiorari Denied March 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.H. Highfield, Louisville, Ky., court appointed, for petitioner-appellant.

Steven L. Beshear, Atty. Gen., John H. Gray, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for respondents-appellees.

Before KENNEDY and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Certiorari Denied March 21, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 1442.

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner appeals the summary dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under Rule 9(a) of the Rules Governing 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Cases. The District Court held that the Commonwealth of Kentucky had been prejudiced by petitioner's 11-year delay in filing the writ. We affirm.

Petitioner, Joseph H. "Pete" Moore, is presently an inmate of the Kentucky...

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