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PORTER v. ZOOK

No. 14-5.

803 F.3d 694 (2015)

Thomas Alexander PORTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David ZOOK, Warden, Sussex I State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 20, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dawn Michele Davison , Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Matthew P. Dullaghan , Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert Lee , Lindsey Layer , Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, Charlottesville, Virginia; Brian K. French , Nixon Peabody, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; Trey Kelleter , Vandeventer Black, LLP, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Dismissed and remanded by published opinion. Judge HARRIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge THACKER joined.

Thomas Alexander Porter appeals from a district court order dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Among the multiple claims Porter presented to the district court was one alleging that a juror in his case was "actually biased," in violation of his right to trial by an impartial...

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