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ALLEN v. DUCKWORTH

No. 91-3229.

6 F.3d 458 (1993)

Christopher ALLEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack DUCKWORTH, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold S. Solovy, C. John Koch, Deirdre E. Connell (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for petitioner-appellant.

David A. Arthur, Deputy Atty. Gen., Thomas D. Quigley (argued), Office of Atty. Gen., Federal Litigation, Indianapolis, IN, for respondent-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In November 1986, in a state court in Indiana, the petitioner was convicted of attempted murder and attempted robbery and sentenced to a total of fifty years in prison. He appealed to the Supreme Court of Indiana. Briefs were filed, and the case taken under submission, in 1988. Years passed with no decision. Finally in 1991 the petitioner filed this action for habeas corpus in federal district court, charging that the delay in resolving his...

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