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LAWSON v. ZAVARAS

No. 97SA185.

966 P.2d 581 (1998)

Hayward LAWSON, for Petitioner-Appellant, v. Aristedes ZAVARAS, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections,for Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Grant, Parker, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gale A. Norton, Attorney General., Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Garth C. Lucero, Deputy Attorney General, Paul S. Sanzo, First Assistant Attorney General, Civil Litigation Section, Inmate Litigation, Denver, for Respondent-Appellee.

Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Hayward Lawson, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the District Court for the City and County of Denver. The district court denied the petition as premature because the petitioner had not first exhausted other legal remedies. See Lawson v. Zavaras, No. 97CV1060 (Denver Dist. Ct. Apr. 2, 1997) (order denying petition). Lawson appeals from this denial. We affirm the trial court's...

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