PELL, Circuit Judge.
Pro se plaintiff-appellant Ernest Cornes brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the assistant appellate defender, Karen Munoz, who had been assigned to handle appellant's direct criminal appeal. Appellant alleges that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel because defendant refused to pursue various issues that appellant wanted argued on appeal.
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