Legal Opinion
Socha v. Pollard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 3, 2010No. 09-1733PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
After the Supreme Court of Wisconsin declined to review his conviction for first degree homicide, Thomas Socha attempted to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court. Seeking a lawyer, Socha tried first to enlist the help of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. Though the Project initially informed Socha that it would consider taking his case, almost a year later it told Socha that it could not offer any assistance. Left to his own devices, Socha struggled to review the voluminous record in his case and tried his best to master the complexities of federal…
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