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Tenth Circuit· 10/29/1990

Johnson v. Rogers

Citations

  • 917 F.2d 1283
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 18827

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  • holding that a crowded docket, without more, is insufficient to justify lengthy delay
  • holding that mandamus relief was appropriate after a delay of fourteen months due only to docket congestion
  • holding that mandamus relief was appropriate after a delay of fourteen months due only to docket congestion
  • holding that, after a delay of fourteen months due only to docket congestion, “petitioner has established a clear and indisputable right to have his petition expeditiously heard and decided, and [] has no alternative remedy”
  • granting writ of mandamus where district court failed to rule on a petition for writ of habeas which had been pending for fourteen months
  • “[W]rits of habeas corpus are intended to afford a ‘swift and imperative 29 remedy in all cases of illegal restraint or confinement.’” (quoting Fay v. Noia, 372 U.S. 391, 400 (1963))

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