Irick v. Bell

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Billy Ray Irick, a Tennessee death-row prisoner represented by counsel, appeals the district court’s judgment denying his motion requesting the court to expand or clarify the extent of his attorneys’ representation under 18 U.S.C. § 3599(e)-(f). Irick filed this motion requesting authorization of federal funding pursuant to § 3599 for his counsel’s efforts to represent him in the following state court proceedings: (1) writ of error coram nobis (based upon the evidence discovered during habeas proceedings); (2) the reopening of his…