Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Thomas
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 3, 2017No. 16 Civ. 1330PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT W. SWEET, U.S.D.J.
Petitioner David Bryant (“Bryant” or the “Petitioner”) has petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to vacate his October 25, 1976, criminal conviction (the “Petition,” Dkt. 1). The Petition raises issues concerning the statute of limitation bars, set forth in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 28 U.S.C. § 2244 (“AEDPA”), the require: ments of a claim of actual innocence, and the establishment of .a constitutional claim of ineffective counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. The difficulties presented to this Court by…
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