Notice: Seventh Circuit Rule 53(b)(2) States Unpublished Orders Shall Not Be Cited or Used As Precedent Except to Support a Claim of Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel or Law of the Case in Any Federal Court Within the Circuit.stephen D. Brown, Petitioner-appellant, v. Richard Clark, and Indiana Attorney General, Respondents-appellees, 983 F.2d 1072 (7th Cir. 1992)

ORDER

Petitioner Stephen D. Brown appeals from a district court order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus without prejudice. Petitioner argues that he has waited 7 1/2 years for the State of Indiana to provide him with a transcript of his 1984 trial, and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because no direct appeal or post-conviction motions were ever filed.

Respondents provided petitioner with the trial transcript at oral arguments before this court. The obstacle to a state appeal has now been removed. See Lumbert v. Finley, 735 F.2d 239, 240-41 (7th Cir. 1984); Lowe v. Duckworth, 663 F.2d 42, 43 (7th Cir. 1981). Petitioner may present his claims to the state courts.

Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED as moot.