Legal Opinion

Ronald Dorsey v. Walter Kelly, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 9, 1997No. 843, Docket 96-2490PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Dorsey appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Louis L. Stanton, Judge), dated May 17, 1996, dismissing without prejudice, for failure to exhaust his state remedies, his petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On appeal, Dorsey argues that he fairly called the state courts’ attention to the nature and basis of his claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, and therefore that he exhausted his ineffective assistance claim. We agree, and for this reason, we…

2Cases cited10 opinions

Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
William Daye v. Attorney General of the State of New York and Eugene Le Fevre, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
Juan Kent Branham v. Larry Meachum, Commissioner, Dept. Of Corrections Robert Kupec, Warden, Cci Somers and Lt. Champion, Cci SomersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by106 opinions

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Joseph Fama v. Commissioner of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
Richard Cotto v. Victor Herbert, Warden, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
Charles Jones v. Dennis Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
Robert Calvin Boyette v. Eugene S. Lefevre, Superintendent, Franklin Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001

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