Goodman v. Searls, Superintendent

FILED November 22, 2021 released at 3:00 p.m. EDYTHE NASH GAISER, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA No. 20-0169—Goodman v. Searls, Superintendent WOOTON, J., dissenting: As the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit once cautioned, “[t]olerance of tactical miscalculations is one thing; fabrication of tactical excuses is quite another.” Griffin v. Warden, Md. Corr. Adjustment Ctr.,

970 F.2d 1355, 1359

(4th Cir. 1992). In denying habeas relief to petitioner Kevin Goodman, Jr., the majority patently ignores its own precedent, as well as Fourth Circuit caselaw granting…