ZELLERS v. DUCKWORTH

No. 83-3004.

763 F.2d 250 (1985)

William E. ZELLERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, Warden, Indiana State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Landis, Indianapolis, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

David A. Arthur, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondent-appellee.

Before ESCHBACH and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

William Zellers appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that Zellers had failed to establish cause for his failure to appeal the denial of his state-court petition for post-conviction relief, and that the failure to appeal that denial was a procedural default barring review of Zellers's constitutional claims in federal court. We affirm.

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