Daryl H. Bunkley v. Larry R. Meachum, Commissioner of Correction, State of Connecticut

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Daryl H. Bunkley, a Connecticut state prisoner, appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (José A. Cabranes, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation), granting summary judgment to respondent, Larry R. Meachum, Commissioner of Correction for the State of Connecticut, on Bunkley’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, Bunkley claimed that his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when his appellate counsel failed to raise an issue on direct appeal to the Connecticut…