Anthony D. Hogan v. Craig Hanks and Pamela Carter

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Anthony Hogan, convicted of rape in Indiana, is serving a term of 15 years’ imprisonment. After the state’s court of appeals affirmed, Hogan v. State, 616 N.E.2d 393 (Ind.App.1993), Hogan applied for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition in a brief opinion. Hogan’s arguments on appeal include condemnation of his prior attorneys, which has become depressingly routine and is unavailing under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). His more substantial arguments concern efforts to…