Pellington v. Greiner

SUMMARY ORDER

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.

Petitioner-appellant Howard Pellington appeals from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Victor Marrero, Judge), denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Pellington v. Greiner, 307 F.Supp.2d 601 (S.D.N.Y.2004). Familiarity with the facts and procedural background is assumed. We affirm on the basis that Pellington cannot demonstrate that the state courts acted contrary to or unreasonably…