BILLY-EKO v. U.S.

No. 990, Docket 91-2456.

968 F.2d 281 (1992)

John BILLY-EKO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele L. Adelman, New York City (Howard W. Goldstein, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Emily Berger, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., Mark W. Lerner, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., of counsel), for respondent-appellee.

Before: PIERCE and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, District Judge.


ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-appellant John Billy-Eko appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Nickerson, J.), denying petitioner's motion for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and denying his motion for reconsideration. The district court denied the petition on the merits. We affirm on the ground that Billy-Eko has procedurally defaulted...

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