United States Sixth Circuit

A federal habeas petitioner's allegations fail to present a viable claim of constitutionally-impermissible judicial bias, and are procedurally defaulted. District court did not abuse its discretion in deciding not to conduct an evidentiary hearing on this issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/03/2002
• Published 10/03/2002

Judges

• Before RYAN, BOGGS, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert L. Hutton (briefed), Glankler & Brown, Memphis, TN, Paul R. Bottei (argued and briefed), Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, TN, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph F. Whalen, III (argued and briefed), Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Respondent-Appellee.