Philip Shaddy v. Harold Clarke, Warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary

Philip Shaddy appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Shaddy argues that the district court erred in refusing to: 1) conduct an evidentiary hearing into his claim that his trial counsel was ineffective and that, therefore, his guilty plea was involuntary; 2) allow him to post bail pending the outcome of his appeal; and 3) appoint a handwriting expert to assist him in establishing his ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim. Because we find Shaddy’s claim to be procedurally barred by his failure to file a timely appeal to the Nebraska Supreme…