District court judgment denying a petition for habeas corpus relief is affirmed where the state court's rejection of plaintiff's ineffective assistance of counsel argument was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law.
Read Brown v. Green, No. 07-5383
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Argued: March 25, 2009
Decided: August 11, 2009
Judges
Before FEINBERG, STRAUB, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.
Counsel
For Petitioner: Susan Epstein, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY.
For Respondent: Ashlyn Dannelly, Assistant Attorney General, New York, NY.