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DORN v. LAFLER

No. 08-1594.

601 F.3d 439 (2010)

John Andrew DORN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Blaine LAFLER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 5, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gene Crawford, Jones Day, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Debra M. Gagliardi, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gene Crawford, Jones Day, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Debra M. Gagliardi, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. John A. Dorn, Coldwater, Michigan, pro se.

Before SILER, MOORE, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

John Andrew Dorn appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. The district court certified two issues for appeal—whether Dorn was denied effective assistance of counsel and whether he was denied an appeal as of right in violation of his constitutional right to access the courts. For the following reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND.

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