Legal Opinion
Alevras v. Tacopina
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 6, 2007No. 05-5371UnpublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RESTANI, Judge.
Appellant Chris G. Alevras challenges an order of the District Court granting summary judgment to Appellee Joseph Tacopina and his associates Tama Beth Kudman and Joseph Benfante (collectively “Taeopina”). The District Court found that issues essential to all of Alevras’s claims had been litigated in a prior petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and were therefore precluded from relitigation. We will affirm.
BACKGROUND
This appeal arises from a malpractice suit filed by Alevras against the attorney he hired to represent him in connection with a plea agreement. On February 18,…
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