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PIKE v. GROSS

No. 16-5854.

936 F.3d 372 (2019)

Christa Gail PIKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gloria GROSS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 22, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen A. Ferrell , FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF EASTERN TENNESSEE, INC., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Richard D. Douglas , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stephen A. Ferrell , FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF EASTERN TENNESSEE, INC., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer L. Smith , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK and STRANCH, JJ., joined. STRANCH, J. (pp. 383-86), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

Petitioner Christa Gail Pike, a Tennessee death-row inmate, appeals the district court's denial of her petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Because we conclude that the state court's determination that she is unable to establish prejudice on her claims of ineffective assistance

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