Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit August 7, 2003, No. 01-1320 (Allen v. Hawley)

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RYAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the district court erred in holding that the petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief from his state court conviction for murder, on the ground that the alleged misconduct of the state trial judge denied him the fair trial that is guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.