Jehan Abdur Raheem, F/k/a John Whitaker v. Walter R. Kelly, Superintendent of Attica Correctional Facility

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jehan Abdur Raheem, formerly known as John Whitaker (“Ra-heem”, ‘Whitaker”, or “Whitaker/Ra-heem”), a New York State (“State”) prisoner convicted principally of robbery and murder, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Edward R. Korman, Chief Judge, denying his petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1994 & Supp. Ill 1997) for a writ of habeas corpus vacating his convictions on the ground that he was denied due process at trial by the admission of unreliable identification evidence. The district court…