United States Second Circuit

A district judge confronting a mixed petition has discretion either to dismiss the petition, or to dismiss only the unexhausted claims and stay the balance of the petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/01/2001
• Decided 06/14/2001
• Published 06/14/2001

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before JON O. NEWMAN and CABRANES, Circuit Judges;  and THOMPSON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randall U. Unger, Kew Gardens, NY, submitted a brief, for petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas M. Ross, Asst. Dist. Atty., Brooklyn, NY, (Charles J. Hynes, Dist. Atty., Leonard Joblove, Asst. Dist. Atty., Brooklyn, NY, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.