PIDGEON v. SMITH

No. 14-3158.

785 F.3d 1165 (2015)

Curtis J. PIDGEON, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Judy P. SMITH, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Aragorn Bugni , Attorney, Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, Inc., Madison, WI, for Petitioner-Appellee.

William L. Gansner , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before BAUER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Curtis Pidgeon is currently confined in a Wisconsin prison after pleading guilty to a sexual assault charge in Dodge County. He now seeks to withdraw that plea, arguing that he agreed to a plea bargain only because of incorrect — and, he claims, constitutionally ineffective — advice from his attorney. After exhausting...

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