Timothy Rudolph v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of appellant's successive petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, We affirm.

This pro se appeal concerns Timothy Rudolph’s second federal habeas petition, which sets out grounds for relief different than those raised in his first federal petition. In this case, appellant alleges that the state trial court erred when it declined to order the prosecution to comply with a defense Brady request seeking information about the state district attorney’s initial refusal of charges of armed robbery against appellant.…