Legal Opinion
El Rhagi v. Christopher Artuz, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 25, 2002No. Docket 02-2015PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner-appellant Rhagi El, 1 presently incarcerated at the Green Haven Correctional Facility, appeals from denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, Judge), entered on July 7, 2000. The appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction in the absence of a valid Certificate of Appealability (“COA”), as explained below.
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After choosing to represent himself at trial, El was convicted on April 3, 1996 in New York State Supreme Court, New York County, of criminal possession of a weapon in the…
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- People v. HurleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
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