Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit June 8, 2005, Docket 03-2645 (Robert C. Walker v. Roy A. Girdich, Superintendent of Franklin Correctional Facility)

JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Robert C. Walker appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.), rejecting Walker’s

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challenge to the alleged exclusion of African-Americans from the jury in his state trial and denying on that basis Walker’s petition for habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.