United States Fourth Circuit

Authorization to file a successive petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2254 is denied where petitioner's ineffective assistance of counsel, Brady, and impartial jury claims have been previously presented in his initial section 2254 application.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2003
• Published 04/18/2003

Judges

• Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Jennifer M. Rubin, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Movant.  Hazel Elizabeth Shaffer, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Respondent. ON BRIEF:  Kim L. Simmons, Kevin M. Henry, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  Julia E. Sullivan, Crownsville, Maryland, for Movant.  Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Respondent.  Barry J. Pollack, James P. Ellison, Nixon Peabody, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.