Larry Davis v. Douglas T. Lansing, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center, and Richard J. Koehler, Commissioner of Corrections, City of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1988-06-30

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MESKILL, Circuit Judge: This is an expedited appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Ward, /., dismissing the petition of appellant Larry Davis for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982). The district court assumed jurisdiction but concluded that it should not reach the merits of the petition under Younger v.…

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