United States Seventh Circuit

Plaintiff's collateral attack to his sentence under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 is dismissed where his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel was defaulted when he failed to present it to the state's appellate courts.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2005
• Decided 04/13/2005
• Published 04/13/2005

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Todd G. Vare (argued), Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Paul Hoffman (argued), Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.