SCHAEFFER v. BLACK

No. 85-1350.

774 F.2d 865 (1985)

Bernard Robert SCHAEFFER, Appellant, v. Charles BLACK, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Davis, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Terry R. Schaaf, Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Bernard Robert Schaeffer appeals from the district court's1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Appellant contends that his sixth and fourteenth amendment rights were violated in a state criminal proceeding which resulted in his conviction for first degree assault and use of a knife in the commission of a felony. On appeal he argues (1) that the district court failed to liberally construe his pro se petition...

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