United States Second Circuit

The doctrine of collateral estoppel prevents plaintiff's malpractice suit against his former attorneys where similar issues of ineffective assistance of counsel were already decided by a criminal habeas corpus court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/20/2002
• Decided 02/06/2003
• Published 02/06/2003

Judges

• FEINBERG, Circuit Judge., Before:  FEINBERG, MESKILL and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J.E. Markham, II,Markham & Read, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric S. Miller, Sheehey Furlong & Behm P.C., Burlington, VT, for Defendants-Appellees.