LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
On August 27, 1987, Homer Aki Mathis filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Southern District alleging that the state's five-and-one-half year delay in deciding his appeal constituted a denial of due process. By judgment entered September 25, 1987, Judge Daronco dismissed the petition for failure to exhaust state remedies. The district court granted petitioner's request for a certificate of probable cause.
Mathis contends...
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