Bloom v. McKune

ORDER

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Applicant Steven Kent Bloom was convicted by a jury of second-degree intentional murder in Kansas state court and sentenced to life imprisonment. State v. Bloom, 273 Kan. 291, 44 P.3d 305, 309 (2002). The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal, see Bloom, 44 P.3d at 321, and denied post-conviction relief. He then filed an application under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Applicant asserted several claims: (1) false testimony was used to obtain his conviction; (2) exculpatory evidence was…