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AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff, an employee of one Ancy Gold, a lessee of premises at Tarrytown, New York, to recover damages from the defendant for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered because of the defective condition of the demised premises. The defendant was one of the trustees of an estate which owned the premises and had leased them to Ancy Gold

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 23-1047 _____________ JAMAL MORTON, Appellant v. DIRECTOR VIRGIN ISLANDS BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS _______________ On Appeal from the District Court of the Virgin Islands (D.C. No. 3-20-cv-00031) District Judge:

485 F.Supp.2d 602 (2007) Timothy SINGLETON, Petitioner, v. James WYNDER, et al., Respondents. Civil No. 06-4533, No. 07-1623. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. May 10, 2007. Timothy Singleton, Dallas, PA, Pro se. Anne Palmer, Philadelphia District Attorneys Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondents. MEMORANDUM EDUARDO C.

JOHNSON, Judge, dissenting: I believe that the claimed ineffective assistance of counsel could not have implicated the truth-determining process in this case in any manner. I also believe we are precluded from examining those claims set forth in the appellant’s pro se supplemental brief. Since I believe we should neither reach an examination of the Statewide Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act nor review appellant

OPINION CUDAHY, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by Kenneth Lee from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he had failed to exhaust available state court remedies. Lee contends that we must excuse the exhaustion requirement because of the

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OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT Justice NEWMAN. Bryan P. Hall (Hall) appeals from an Order of the Commonwealth Court, which dismissed his pro se Petition for Review in the Nature of Mandamus, brought in the original jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Court. Hall contends that the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (Board) improperly denied his numerous requests for pa

OPINION OF THE COURT STAPLETON, Circuit Judge: The petitioner, Richard Wojtczak, was convicted of rape and assault in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. His conviction was affirmed by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Commonwealth v. Woftczak [sic], 254 Pa.Super. 608, 387 A.2d 111 (1978). Wojtczak initially submitted a request for allocatur to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, but subseq

OPINION OF THE COURT BECKER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by Stanton T. Story from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that he had failed to exhaust available state court remedies. Story contends that we must excuse the ■ exhaustion requirement because the nine-year delay in his post-convic

800 F.2d 353 Richard WOJTCZAK, F5977v.FULCOMER, Thomas, S.C.I. Huntingdon, Penna. and the AttorneyGeneral of the State of Penna. the DistrictAttorney of Philadelphia County.Appeal of Richard WOJTCZAK. No. 85-1384. United States Court of Appeals,Third Circuit. Submitted Pursuant to Third CircuitRule 12(6) May 22, 1986.Decided Sept. 9, 1986.

MEMORANDUM LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge. On May 21, 1982, petitioner Benjamin Mitchell was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault before Hon. Thomas N. Shiomos of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Shiomos sentenced Mr. Mitchell to two concurrent two-to-five year sentences. On June 2, 1982, Mr. Mitchell filed a pro se appeal in the Superior Court. That appeal is still

582 F.Supp. 180 (1984) UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Harold Lee HANKINS v. Emanuel WICKER. Civ. A. No. 84-70 Erie. United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania. March 13, 1984. MEMORANDUM OPINION WEBER, District Judge. The petitioner, Harold Lee Hankins, a state prisoner, has filed a habeas corpus *181

Levine, J. The plaintiff holds a Connecticut operator’s license. On February 23, 1972, he was operating a heavy, ten-wheel dump truck, owned by his employer, B. N. Beard Company, southbound on route 8, in Shelton, Connecticut. At the base of the Howe Street exit ramp, a Ford Falcon, operated by Walter Walsh, was stopped for a red light, behind a large trailer truck. The plaintiff’s truck collided with the rear end of the Walsh v

The plaintiff holds a Connecticut operator's license. On February 23, 1972, he was operating a heavy, ten-wheel dump truck, owned by his employer, B. N. Beard Company, southbound on route 8, in Shelton, Connecticut. At the base of the Howe Street exit ramp, a Ford Falcon, operated by Walter Walsh, was stopped for a red light, behind a large trailer truck. The plaintiff's truck collided with the rear end of the Walsh vehicle, fatally injuring Walsh.

OPINION OF THE COURT BIGGS, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal without a hearing of the relator-appellant’s, Geisler’s, application for habeas corpus. The district court ruled that Geisler had failed to exhaust his state remedies. The instant appeal followed. Its disposition requires our examination of the complicated hi

OPINION A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge. I. We are confronted here with the question of whether a federal court is powerless to review a petition for a federal writ of habe-as corpus when a defendant has waited almost twelve years for the state trial court to rule on a motio

486 F.Supp. 638 (1980) Robert Allen RAY v. James F. HOWARD, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and The Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania. Civ. A. No. 79-4173. United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania. March 10, 1980. *639 Robert Allen Ray, pro se. Edward G.

OPINION BY THE COURT GANEY, Circuit Judge. This case involves an appeal by the Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated February 9, 1965, granting the appellee’s, Murray Dickerson, petition for writ of habeas corpus.

342 Pa. Superior Ct. 249 (1985) 492 A.2d 745 COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. George W. BROWN, Appellant. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Argued February 3, 1984. Filed May 10, 1985. *250 James L. Goldsmith, Harrisburg, for appellant. Katherine E. Holtzinger, Deputy District Attorney, Harrisburg, for

Shortly after twelve o'clock the night of December 28th, 1928, an open Packard car driven by the defendant George C. Fahy, Jr., was in collision with a closed Graham-Paige car driven by defendant Raymond E. Verwholt, on Prospect Street in New Haven, and the plaintiff's decedent, Lincoln A. Maher, who was riding in the Fahy car, was thrown from the car and so badly hurt that he died soon after. This action was brought by the administratrix of his estate against the drivers of both cars as well