SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Laville Hannon filed a habeas corpus petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in his state court criminal proceedings. The district court dismissed the petition for unexcused delay under Rule 9(a), 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254 (1982), and on the merits. We reverse and remand.
I.
In 1959, Hannon was a seventeen-year-old black youth who had been hospitalized on at least one occasion because of a mental disorder...
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