Jeffrey Washington v. Sunny Schriver, Superintendent, Wallkill Correctional Facility

255 F.3d 45 (2nd Cir. 2001)

JEFFREY WASHINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

SUNNY SCHRIVER, Superintendent, Wallkill Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.

Docket No. 00-2195

August Term, 2000

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Argued: November 14, 2000

Decided: June 15, 2001

Amended: June 15, 2001

Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Buchwald, Judge) denying Jeffrey Washington's petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1). The petitioner argues that no deference is owed under AEDPA to the state…