SARANCHAK v. SECRETARY, PA, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 12-9002.

802 F.3d 579 (2015)

Daniel M. SARANCHAK, Appellant v. SECRETARY, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; David Diguglielmo, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution of Graterford; Frank Tennis, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Rockview; Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Schuylkill County District Attorney.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: September 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Lawry , Stuart B. Lev [Argued], Shawn Nolan Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

James P. Barker , Jennifer A. Peterson [Argued], Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.

Before: SMITH, VANASKIE, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This is the second appeal from District Court action on Daniel Saranchak's petition for writ of habeas corpus following his conviction on first degree murder charges of killing both his grandmother, Stella Saranchok,1 and his uncle, Edmund Saranchak. The first issue Saranchak raises...

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