United States ex rel. Bradley v. Lane

WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

Petitioner/appellant Frank Bradley appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner raises several arguments, mainly along Sixth Amendment *647ineffective assistance of counsel lines. Respondents/appellees Michael Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, and Neil Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois assert the arguments advanced by petitioner were waived by his failure to raise them during the state court appellate proceedings (see Wainwright v. Sykes,…