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STRONG v. JOHNSON

No. 05-6376.

495 F.3d 134 (2007)

Christopher D. STRONG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene JOHNSON, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Geoff Clemens, Student Advocate, Charleston School of Law, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Leah Ann Darron, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Lorri Shealy Unumb, Professor, Charleston School of Law, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

Christopher D. Strong, a Virginia prisoner, petitioned the Supreme Court of Virginia (the Supreme Court), under its original jurisdiction, for a writ of habeas corpus on the claim that his lawyer ignored his instruction to appeal his state convictions, thereby violating...

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