CLARK v. COM. OF PA.

No. 89-1499.

892 F.2d 1142 (1989)

CLARK, James, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Zimmerman, Charles and the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, Zimmerman, Leroy and District Attorney of Philadelphia.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David McColgin (argued) Defender Ass'n of Philadelphia Federal Courts Div., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Elizabeth J. Chambers (argued), Chief, Federal Litigation, Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., William G. Chadwick, Jr., First Asst. Dist. Atty., and Ronald D. Castille, Dist. Atty., Dist. Atty.'s Office, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before GIBBONS, Chief Judge, MANSMANN, Circuit Judge, and GERRY, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied January 25, 1990.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.

James Clark, a state prisoner presently incarcerated at Graterford State Prison, filed three separate petitions seeking federal habeas corpus relief. Two of the petitions, concerning 1974 convictions for which Clark has completed serving his sentences, fail to meet the threshold jurisdictional requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c), 2254...

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