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WRIGHT v. LOCKHART

No. 87-2179.

854 F.2d 309 (1988)

James C. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia J. Davis, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Lee Taylor Franke, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade.

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

James C. Wright appeals the district court's1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1987). Wright argues that the district court erred in finding that his claims were either procedurally barred or without merit. We affirm.

On November 3, 1978, while awaiting trial for aggravated robbery in Boone County, Arkansas, Wright escaped from...

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