Harper v. Amsberry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON DANIEL HARPER, Case No. 2:17-cv-01425-AA Petitioner, | OPINION AND ORDER V. BRIGITTE AMSBERRY, as Superintendent, Respondent. AIKEN, District Judge: Petitioner, an inmate at the Oregon Department of Corrections, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that he was deprived of his rights to due process, equal protection, and fundamental fairness under the Fourteenth Amendment when the trial court gave a certain jury instruction, and that he received inadequate assistance of counsel when his attorney did not…