United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where petitioner procedurally defaulted on his federal constitutional claim that his substantive due process rights were violated by the manner in which Wisconsin corrections officials applied his pre-sentence credits by failing to fairly present the claim in state court.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/21/2006
• Published 12/21/2006

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barry Levenstam, Denise K. Bowler (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marguerite M. Moeller (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.