United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where petitioner did not give the state courts the opportunity to review his due process argument because he failed to fairly present the federal nature of his claim for state habeas relief, therefore he procedurally defaulted his claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/02/2007
• Decided 10/10/2007
• Published 10/10/2007

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before EVANS, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary P. Benz, Giel Stein (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David H. Iskowich (argued), Office of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellee.