Menzies v. Galetka

DURHAM, Chief Justice:

11 In this case, Ralph Leroy Menzies, a death row inmate, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. Menzies filed a claim for post-conviction relief in 1995, after having previously exhausted his grounds for direct appeal. On March 3, 1998, attorney Edward K. Brass was appointed by the district court to represent Menzies. From that date until his withdrawal on September 9, 2003, Brass willfully disregarded nearly every aspect of Menzies' case. As a result, the court imposed discovery sanctions, granted summary judgment in…