Legal Opinion
Hoffler v. Bezio
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 8, 2013No. Docket 11-5281-prPublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Michael Hoffler appeals from a judgment entered on November 17, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge), denying him a writ of habeas corpus. See Hoffler v. Bezio, 831 F.Supp.2d 570 (N.D.N.Y.2011). Hoffler sought the writ pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to prevent New York State from retrying him on murder charges arising out of the December 30, 2003 killing of Christopher Drabik, a prosecution witness scheduled to testify against Hoffler a few days later at a trial on drug charges.
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