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WALKER v. GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 99-3329.

230 F.3d 82 (2000)

Charles WALKER, Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS; Edwin Harris, Warden of the Bureau of Corrections.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed October 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Schrader-Cooke (Argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Christiansted, Saint Croix, USVI, Attorney for Appellant.

Joel H. Feld (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Virgin Islands, Department of Justice, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI, Attorney for Appellees.

Before SLOVITER, ROTH and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Charles Walker was convicted and sentenced by the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands for breaking various Virgin Islands criminal laws. Following his conviction, Walker filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court of the Virgin Islands which held that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over Walker's case. Our threshold task in this appeal is to satisfy ourselves that...

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