HEISER v. RYAN

No. 93-3071.

15 F.3d 299 (1994)

Steven Anthony HEISER, Appellant, v. Warden Joseph RYAN.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. White (argued), W. Penn Hackney, Office of Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, PA, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Kemal Alexander Mericli, Maria V. Copetas, Thomas N. Farrell (argued), Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh, PA, for appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, MANSMANN and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Chief Judge.

One of the most troublesome issues that faces a federal court sitting on a state prisoner's petition for habeas corpus is the appropriate remedy to fashion when the state proceedings have been characterized by excessive and indefensible delay. This is the second time we have before us an appeal in this habeas corpus action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) by appellant Steven Heiser, a state prisoner...

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