Lawrence Landrum v. Carl Anderson

OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence Landrum appeals the district comb’s denial of his motion to reopen his petition for habeas corpus under Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Landrum argues that, in light of Martinez v. Ryan, — U.S.—, 132 S.Ct. 1309, 182 L.Ed.2d 272 (2012), and Trevino v. Thaler, — U.S.—, 133 S.Ct. 1911, 185 L.Ed.2d 1044 (2013), the alleged ineffective assistance of his post-conviction counsel enables us to examine the merits of his ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim, that the district court abused its discretion when it denied his…