Doyle A. Jones v. The Honorable Terry L. Shell, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas

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• holding that 14-months delay in ruling on a habeas petition, for no reason other than docket congestion, was unreasonable
• busy court docket cannot justify fourteen-month delay in processing claim from date of remand; crowded dockets do not excuse compliance with rules and statutes
• habeas corpus procedure should not be so dilatory or technical as to deny petitioner hearing and ruling on merits of claim within reasonable time
• \Busy court dockets cannot justify a 14-month delay in processing this claim from the date of remand.\
• habeas corpus procedure should not be so dilatory or technical as to deny petitioner hearing and ruling on merits of claim within reasonable time
• busy court docket cannot justify fourteen-month delay in processing claim from date of remand; crowded dockets do not excuse compliance with rules and statutes

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