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YOUNG v. VAUGHN

No. 95-1561.

83 F.3d 72 (1996)

Walter Washington YOUNG, Appellant, v. Donald T. VAUGHN; the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania; the District Attorney for Philadelphia County, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Salvatore C. Adamo (argued), Phillipsburg, N.J., for appellant.

Deborah Fleischer (argued), Assistant District Attorney, Donna G. Zucker, Chief, Federal Litigation, Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Law Division, Arnold H. Gordon, First Assistant District Attorney, Lynne Abraham, District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees.

Before: BECKER, McKEE and McKAY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

Walter Washington Young appeals from the district court's order dismissing his habeas corpus petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Section 2254 confers jurisdiction on United States district courts to entertain petitions for habeas corpus relief only from persons who are "in custody" in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States. The Supreme Court...

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