Mangal v. Warden Perry Correctional Institution

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE DIVISION Farid Ahmad Mangal, ) Civil Action No.: 6:18-cv-00106-RBH a/k/a Farid Ahmad Maugal, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER ) Warden, ) Perry Correctional Institution,) ) Respondent. ) ________________________) Petitioner Farid Ahmad Mangal, a state prisoner,1 filed a petition for federal habeas relief under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

alleging, among other claims, that his trial counsel was ineffective by failing to object to and by eliciting improper bolstering testimony2 at his jury trial in a South Carolina court. The Court…