Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner, a state prisoner, applied to the District Court for the Southern District of Illinois for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2254 . The Magistrate to whom the District Court referred the case ordered the State of Illinois to file an answer; the S…
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