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PETERKIN v. HORN

No. CIV. A. 95-CV-3989.

988 F.Supp. 534 (1997)

Otis PETERKIN v. Martin HORN, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

December 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy H. Nolas, Center of Legal Education, Advocacy & Defense Assistance, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff.

Donna G. Zucker, Philadelphia Dist. Attorney's Office, Federal Litigation, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOYNER, District Judge.

Petitioner, a death-row prisoner, has moved to amend his petition for habeas corpus relief to include a claim pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied.

Factual and Procedural Background

In September, 1982, Petitioner was tried and convicted in the...

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