Byers v. Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Fac. (N.D.Ind. 3-4-2009)

1 Citing case

  1. Byers v. Basinger

    610 F.3d 980 (7th Cir. 2010)   Cited 133 times
    Holding that a district court "cannot review a habeas petitioner's constitutional issue unless he has provided the state courts with an opportunity to resolve it 'by invoking one complete round of the state's established appellate review process.'"

    The district court denied Mr. Byers' habeas petition, in which Mr. Byers argued that his trial counsel performed deficiently. Byers v. Superintendent, No. 3:08 cv 0240 AS, 2009 WL 537662 (N.D.Ind. Mar. 4, 2009). We granted Mr. Byers a certificate of appealability on the question whether he had been denied effective assistance of counsel.