United States v. Goodwyn

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GORTON, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to file a direct appeal, raised in Ground One of the 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition filed by defendant James D. Goodwyn (“Goodwyn”).

In a Memorandum & Order dated June 29, 2011, 2011 WL 2729075, the Court took under advisement Ground One of the petition pending submission of an affidavit by Attorney Joseph F. Krowski addressing 1) whether he consulted with Goodwyn regarding a direct appeal and 2) whether (and if so, when) Goodwyn instructed him to file a direct appeal. On…