United States Third Circuit

In a case involving a pro se defendant convicted and sentenced for assaulting a corrections officer while serving a thirty-five year sentence, a denial of habeas relief is affirmed where state courts' conclusion that defendant's Sixth Amendment rights were not violated was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law as determined by the United States Supreme Court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2009
• Decided 09/22/2009
• Published 09/22/2009

Judges

• Before SLOVITER, HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter A. Levin, (Argued), Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Loren C. Meyers, Gregory E. Smith, Paul R. Wallace, (Argued), Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee.