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LYONS v. CRAWFORD

No. 99-17351

232 F.3d 666 (2000)

Phillip Jackson LYONS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jackie CRAWFORD, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danice Arbor Johnson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the petitioner-appellant.

Dorothy Nash Holmes, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the district court properly dismissed a petition for habeas relief for failure to exhaust state court remedies.

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In 1991, Phillip Jackson Lyons was convicted of kidnaping and robbery with use of a deadly weapon following a jury trial in a Nevada state court. Lyons appealed the convictions to the Supreme Court of Nevada. Citing only to decisions of Nevada and California state courts, Lyons argued...

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