WILLIAMS v. LOCKHART

No. 89-1188.

893 F.2d 191 (1990)

James Charles WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Bogoslavsky, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

William F. Knight, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

James Charles Williams appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). The district court, upon consideration of the government's motion to dismiss for failure to exhaust state remedies, found that Williams had not challenged, in state court, his 1986 conviction for manslaughter, and thus had not exhausted his state remedies. Because we conclude that the district...

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