RASHAD v. WALSH

No. 02-1422.

300 F.3d 27 (2002)

Rahim RASHAD, F/K/A Larry Graham, Petitioner, Appellee, v. James T. WALSH, Jr., Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Meade, Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellant.

Max D. Stern, with whom Stern Shapiro Weissberg & Garin, LLP was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to address a series of pretrial delays (the causes and consequences of which are disputed) in light of the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial and the factors made relevant to that inquiry by the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 33 L.Ed.2d 101 (1972). Inasmuch as the underlying case involves a state prisoner's attempt to secure...

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