SPRINGS v. HOBBS

No. 5:13CV00005 JLH.

THOMAS LEO SPRINGS, Petitioner, v. RAY HOBBS, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

June 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Leo Springs, Plaintiff, represented by Deborah Anne Czuba , Federal Public Defenders Office & Julie Pitt Vandiver , Federal Public Defenders Office.

Ray Hobbs, Defendant, represented by Karen Virginia Wallace , Arkansas Attorney General's Office.


ORDER

J. LEON HOLMES, District Judge.

Thomas Leo Springs was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by the State of Arkansas. He has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His petition includes a significant number of claims that apparently were not presented to the state courts. In large measure, he argues that his failure to present those issues to the state courts should be excused...

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