O'Sullivan v. Boerckel, No. 97-2048 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 838; 119 S.Ct. 1728) (June 7, 1999) (Justice O'Connor)
In this case the Court held that "Federal habeas relief is available to state prisoners only after they have exhausted their claims in state court." (Id., at 839). While that exhaustion requirement for Federal habeas relief does not demand that state prisoners "invoke extraordinary remedies," "state prisoners must give the …
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