Ruiz v. Kuhlmann

SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner-Appellant Fabian Ruiz appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Frederick Block, Judge), dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We granted a certificate of appealability as to whether (1) petitioner was proeedurally *691barred from raising an ineffective assistance claim,1 and, if not, whether the claim has merit, and (2) whether petitioner’s confrontation clause rights were violated by the admission of nontestifying co-defendants’ written statements at his trial, see Bruton v.…