Legal Opinion
Sidney Hawkins v. Joseph Costello, Superintendent, Mid State Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 9, 2006No. Docket 05-2103-prPublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
Respondent Joseph Costello, Superintendent of the Mid State Correctional Facility, appeals from the grant of Sidney Hawkins’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Johnson, J.). See Hawkins v. Costello, No. 00 CV 1343(SJ), 2005 WL 946412 (E.D.N.Y. Apr.15, 2005). Because the state court adjudication was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, we reverse.
BACKGROUND
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