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JONES v. RUSSELL

Civ. A. No. 2185.

299 F.Supp. 970 (1969)

Louis JONES, Petitioner, v. Lake F. RUSSELL, Warden Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

May 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Jones in pro. per.

Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

The petitioner Mr. Jones is in custody of the respondent pursuant to the judgment of the Criminal Court of Greene County, Tennessee. He exhausted his remedies for relief under Tennessee law in two applications for the state writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2254(b), (c), in the first of which a final decision was not forthcoming for about two and one-half (2½) years and only after resort to the Supreme...

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