William J. O'Hara III v. John T. Wigginton Wayne Dunn Al C. Parke and Fred Cowan

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, William J. O’Hara III, appeals two orders of the district court dismissing his civil rights complaint, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This appeal presents the following issues: 1) Whether the petitioner’s section 1983 claim arose entirely under state law; 2) whether the petitioner’s habeas claim that the state failed to treat his mental illness raised a cognizable issue; and 3) whether the district court erred in denying habeas relief based on the petitioner’s ineffective…