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RAYNER v. MILLS

No. 10-5242.

685 F.3d 631 (2012)

Floyd Earl RAYNER III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David MILLS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 12, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: C. Douglas Thoresen , Andrew Brandon , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Deshea Dulany Faughn , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: COLE and STRANCH, Circuit Judges; CARR, District Judge.

OPINION

CARR, District Judge.

Petitioner Floyd Earl Rayner, III, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus. The district court granted a Certificate of Appealability to review Rayner's ineffective assistance of counsel claims and, finding them meritless, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 10, 2001, a Tennessee jury convicted Rayner of five counts of rape of a child and five...

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