Bivens v. Rednour

ORDER

Illinois prisoner Aryules Bivens was convicted of escaping from jail. He petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. The district court denied his petition. Because Bivens’ claim is proeedurally defaulted and lacks merit, we affirm.

In 1984 Bivens was serving a life sentence for murder and armed robbery and awaiting trial on another armed robbery charge when he and five other inmates— Brian Daniels, Raymond Greer, Gregory Hill, Jerry Mahaffey, and Reginald Mahaffey — attempted to escape…