Lopez v. Greiner

OPINION AND ORDER

LYNCH, District Judge.

Alejandro Lopez, an inmate at Greenha-ven Correctional Facility, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his state trial and that Justice Leslie Crocker Snyder, who presided at that trial, should have recused herself because of her alleged participation in certain pretrial investigative activities. For the reasons that follow, the petition will be denied.

BACKGROUND

On November 17,1988, a New York jury convicted Lopez of criminal possession of a controlled substance…