ANAYA v. HANSEN

No. 84-1625.

781 F.2d 1 (1986)

Linda ANAYA, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Edward J. HANSEN, Superintendent, Maine Correctional Center, et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Brown, Portland, Me., for appellant.

Nicholas M. Gess, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., Eric E. Wright, Brunswick, Me., and Charles K. Leadbetter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Criminal Div., Appellate Section, Augusta, Me., were on brief for appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of the habeas corpus petition of Linda Anaya. The primary question raised is whether blue collar workers, less educated individuals, and young adults constitute "cognizable" or "distinctive" groups under the test set forth by the Supreme Court in Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357, 364, 99 S.Ct. 664, 668, 58 L.Ed.2d 579 (1979), such that a mere showing of statistical...

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