Legal Opinion
Barry W. Ritchie v. Don Eberhart
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 22, 1994No. 92-5643PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*589DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a second habeas corpus petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Barry W. Ritchie, a Tennessee prison inmate. Mr. Ritchie’s first such petition was denied on the merits. His second petition, which repeated the single claim made earlier as well as asserting three new claims, was dismissed as an abuse of the writ.
Although Mr. Ritchie personally signed a verification of the first petition, thereby attesting to a knowledge of its contents, he now contends that the lawyer who drafted it for him ignored instructions to include…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Robert Jeffrey FARMER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. E.K. McDANIEL; Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Respondents-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Robert W. Carpenter, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Gary C. Mohr, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- McWilliams v. Logicon, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Grady v. ArtuzDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1996
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