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CORTES v. WETZEL

Civil No. 3:13-CV-1685.

YARIEL CORTES, Petitioner, v. JOHN WETZEL, Respondent.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

July 2, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yariel Cortes, Petitioner, represented by James V. Wade , Federal Public Defender.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MARTIN C. CARLSON, Magistrate Judge.

State prisoners who turn to the federal courts seeking habeas corpus relief are often called upon to chart a careful course between competing procedural shoals. Prisoners who file prematurely may run afoul of one of the statutory prerequisites to a state prisoner seeking habeas corpus relief in federal court, "exhaust[ion of] the remedies available in the courts of the State...

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