Question juridique clé
Whether the complaint against the Zivilgericht Basel-Stadt was admissible despite not exhausting cantonal remedies.
Solution extraite
It was inadmissible because an appellate supervisory complaint was still available in Basel-Stadt.
Motifs extraits
A delay- or denial-of-justice complaint to the Federal Supreme Court requires exhaustion of available cantonal remedies; the applicant could still raise supervisory complaint before the Appellationsgericht.