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SHOWERS v. BEARD

No. 09-2185.

635 F.3d 625 (2011)

Judy Ann SHOWERS v. Jeffrey BEARD, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; Warden Martin Dragovich; Northumberland District Attorney, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: March 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Cole , Office of District Attorney, Sunbury, PA, Amy Zapp (Argued), Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellants.

Caroline M. Roberto (Argued), Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, GREENAWAY, JR., and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Appellants—Pennsylvania Department of Correction Commissioner Jeffrey Beard, SCI-Muncy Warden Martin Dragovich, and the Northumberland District Attorney (hereinafter "Commonwealth")— appeal the District Court's order granting the petition for a writ of habeas corpus sought by Appellee Judy Ann Showers under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

I.

On March 23, 1994, a jury convicted Showers of...

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