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DICKERSON v. WALSH

No. 84-1435.

750 F.2d 150 (1984)

Lewis H. DICKERSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Robert WALSH, Superintendent, etc., Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Osler, Boston, Mass., with whom Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, Inc., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for petitioner, appellant.

Linda G. Katz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Frederick W. Riley and Barbara A.H. Smith, Asst. Attys. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for respondent, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Lewis Dickerson, appeals an order entered on March 5, 1984, by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). The district court found petitioner's claim that Massachusetts' post-conviction review procedure violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to be without merit. We dismiss the appeal for failure...

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