United States Second Circuit

Order holding that appellate counsel was not constitutionally ineffective for failing to inform client of his right to file certiorari is affirmed where: 1) counsel was retained, not appointed, and thus the Criminal Justice Act does not apply; 2) petitioner's other arguments were without merit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2008
• Published 07/21/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  JACOBS, Chief Judge, B.D. PARKER and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael S. Pollok, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard C. Daddario and Jonathan S. Kolodner, Assistant United States Attorneys for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Respondent-Appellee.