Yick Man Mui v. United States

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Yick Man Mui appeals from Judge Johnson’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and denial of his motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) to reopen that decision. On direct appeal from his conviction, Mui raised various instances of alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel. His Section 2255 motion raised yet more ineffective assistance claims. The district court held that the new ineffective assistance claims were proeedurally barred because appellant had not provided reasons for failing to raise the claims on…