CHRISTY v. HORN

Civil Action No. 96-37J.

28 F.Supp.2d 307 (1998)

Lawrence Duane CHRISTY, Petitioner, v. Martin F. HORN, Commissioner, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; Ben Varner, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene; and Robert Meyers, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, Respondents.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

November 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Thomas McGough, Jr., John C. Unkovic, Pamina Ewing, Eric Chaffin, Pittsburgh, PA, for petitioner.

Christian A. Fisanick, Barnesboro, PA, for respondent.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ZIEGLER, Chief Judge.

Pending before the court is the motion of petitioner, Lawrence Duane Christy, for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.1 Petitioner alleges that a habeas writ should issue for the following reasons: (1) the state court trial judge failed to appoint a psychiatrist to assist the defense and violated plaintiff's due process rights; (2) trial counsel...

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