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RICHARDSON v. SUPERINTENDENT COAL TP. SCI

No. 15-4105.

905 F.3d 750 (2018)

Melvin Keith RICHARDSON, Appellant v. SUPERINTENDENT COAL TOWNSHIP SCI; the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: October 2, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leigh M. Skipper , Chief Federal Defender, Brett G. Sweitzer , Assistant Federal Defender & Chief of Appeals, Keith M. Donoghue , Assistant Federal Defender [ARGUED], Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 601 Walnut Street, The Curtis Center, Suite 540 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Counsel for Appellant.

Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, Jennifer C. Selber , Director, Criminal Law Division, James P. Barker , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Jennifer A. Buck , Senior Deputy Attorney General [ARGUED], Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Appeals & Legal Services, Strawberry Square, 16th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: JORDAN, BIBAS, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Melvin Richardson was denied counsel for part of his state-court sentencing. But neither his post-sentencing lawyer nor his state-habeas lawyer challenged that denial of counsel. Now, on federal habeas, he seeks to challenge his post-sentencing lawyer's ineffectiveness.

To do so, he has...

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