Legal Opinion
Kafo, Saidi v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 2006No. 05-3034PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Saidi Kafo appeals the denial of a motion brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The district court denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing and further denied a certificate of appealability. On October 25, 2005, we granted a certificate of appealability on the issue of “whether [] counsel was ineffective for failing to file an appeal.” 1 Kafo v. United States, No. 05-3034, 2005 WL 3817981 (7th Cir.Oct.25, 2005) (unpublished order). We further instructed the parties to address whether Mr. Kafo had presented enough evidence on this issue to warrant an evidentiary…
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