RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, John Hill, Jr., appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Hill claims that the court erred in requiring him to show cause and prejudice to excuse a procedural default occasioned by ineffective assistance of counsel and by negligent pro se representation. He also claims that the district court erred in finding that his procedural default in state...
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