ALLAH v. LeFEVRE

No. 85 Civ. 3678 (MEL).

623 F.Supp. 987 (1985)

Barshai ALLAH, a/k/a Allah Barshai, Petitioner, v. Eugene LeFEVRE, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

As Amended March 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Weinstein, the Legal Aid Society (Henry Winestine, of counsel), New York City, for petitioner.

Robert M. Morgenthau, Dist. Atty., New York County, (Norman Barclay, Bruce Allen, Asst. Dist. Attys., of counsel), New York City, for respondent.


LASKER, District Judge.

Petitioner Barshai Allah seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1982) on the ground that his conviction was obtained in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. Four years ago this court dismissed a nearly identical petition by Allah for failure to exhaust state remedies. Allah v. Henderson, 526 F.Supp. 282 (S.D.N. Y.1981), aff'd mem...

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