Legal Opinion
Donald Fink v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1987No. 86-2468PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Donald Fink, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals from the District Court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. His petition alleged ineffective assistance of counsel, citing a number of instances in which he claimed his trial counsel was ineffective. A magistrate conducted an evidentiary hearing on Fink’s claim and submitted proposed findings and a recommendation to deny the petition. The District Court adopted the magistrate’s report and recommendation in its entirety and denied the petition because no prejudice had been shown. For…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Marvin Martin v. James H. Rose William LeechCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2012
- United States v. TheodoreCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
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