Thomas v. United States

ORDER

Corey Thomas was convicted after a jury trial for his role in two bank robberies committed during a brief period. After we upheld his convictions and 348-month sentence on direct appeal, United States v. Beck, 625 F.3d 410 (7th Cir.2010), Thomas filed a collateral challenge claiming that his trial lawyer was ineffective, see 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court rejected that claim but issued a certificate of ap-pealability allowing Thomas to pursue the claim on appeal. His allegations about trial counsel’s performance are, for the most part, frivolous.

As recounted in our prior opinion,…