Charles N. Chadwick v. State of Iowa

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Charles N. Chadwick and a co-defendant, John L. Hrbek, were convicted of murdering Kate and Stanley L. Fisher. Following direct appeal, the convictions were affirmed by the Iowa Supreme Court. State v. Hrbek, 336 N.W.2d 431 (Iowa 1983); State v. Chadwick, 328 N.W.2d 913 (Iowa 1983). Chadwick exhausted available state court remedies.

Chadwick then filed an action for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A federal magistrate’s report recommended a denial of the writ, and Chadwick objected to the denial. On November 20, 1990, the district court adopted…