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PRUITT v. JONES

No. 02-16853. Non-Argument Calendar.

348 F.3d 1355 (2003)

Rodney Lynn PRUITT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ron JONES, Warden, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Lynn Pruitt, Springville, AL, pro se.

Gilbert Ward Beeson, III, Joseph G. Marston, III, Montgomery, AL, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before CARNES, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Rodney Lynn Pruitt, an Alabama prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. We granted a certificate of appealability ("COA") to consider the following issues: (1) whether the district court erred by finding that Pruitt's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims were procedurally defaulted because he did not petition the Alabama Supreme Court for discretionary...

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