HOLLEMAN v. COTTON

No. 00-3791.

301 F.3d 737 (2002)

Robert Lee HOLLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Zettie COTTON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Sanders (submitted), Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James B. Martin, Office of the Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In this successive appeal, Robert Holleman argues that the district court erred in concluding that he could not demonstrate cause and prejudice with respect to his ineffective assistance of counsel claims so as to survive a dismissal of his second petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 as an abuse of the writ. We affirm.

I.

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