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THOMAS v. AUGER

No. 83-2432.

738 F.2d 936 (1984)

Robert Lynn THOMAS, Appellant, v. Calvin AUGER and Thomas Miller, Attorney General, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Mann, Jr., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before BRIGHT and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and LIMBAUGH, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Robert Lynn Thomas appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that he was deprived of his sixth amendment right to a speedy trial. We conclude that Thomas is barred by procedural default from obtaining federal habeas review of his claim, and we therefore affirm.

I. Background.

In November 1976, Thomas was arrested...

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