Legal Opinion
Scuba v. Brigano
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 27, 2007No. 04-3895PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.
Robert S. Scuba was convicted in Geauga County, Ohio, on one count of aggravated robbery and one count of felonious, assault. After a lengthy appeals process, Scuba filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The district court dismissed Scuba’s petition, finding that he had procedurally defaulted his state court claims. Because we agree, the dismissal of Scuba’s habeas petition is affirmed.
I. Background
For the purposes of this appeal, the parties agree to the facts that unfolded on September 4, 1997. On that day, Scuba and two…
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