United States Third Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where the district court abused its discretion by denying an evidentiary hearing on defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2005
• Decided 06/06/2005
• Published 06/06/2005

Judges

• Before:  SLOVITER, AMBRO, and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce A. Antkowiak (Argued), Greensburg, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bonnie R. Schlueter, Michael L. Ivory (Argued), Paul M. Thompson, Office of United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellee.