Legal Opinion
Megnath v. Royce
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 23, 2024No. 1:20-cv-01305Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------x HEMANT MEGNATH, Petitioner, MEMORANDUM & ORDER 20-CV-1305(EK) -against- MARK ROYCE, Respondent. ------------------------------------x ERIC KOMITEE, United States District Judge: Hemant Megnath petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Proceeding pro se, he challenges his May 2010 New York State convictions for murder, intimidating a victim, bribing a witness, and coercion. Megnath’s petition argues that (1) his trial and appellate counsel were constitutionally ineffective…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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