Opinion
No. 4D07-2207.
July 18, 2007.
Petition alleging ineffective assistance of counsel to the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Indian River County; Dan L. Vaughn, Judge; L.T. Case No. 99-886 CF.
Eleuterio Ortiz-Olivo, Bowling Green, pro se.
No response required for respondent.
Eleuterio Ortiz-Olivo filed a petition alleging that his appointed post-conviction counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to raise a certain issue. Ineffective assistance of post-conviction counsel, however, is not a cognizable claim. See Kokal v. State, 901 So.2d 766, 777 (Fla.), cert. denied, 546 U.S. 983, 126 S.Ct. 560, 163 L.Ed.2d 471 (2005). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition.
FARMER, STEVENSON and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.