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LANG v. DEMOURA

No. 20-1099.

15 F.4th 63 (2021)

Francis LANG, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Douglas DEMOURA, Superintendent, MCI Cedar Junction, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 30, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenberg for appellant.

Maria Granik , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Maura Healey , Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Thomas E. Bocian , Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Kayatta, Selya, and Barron, Circuit Judges.

Francis Lang seeks a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, to vacate his Massachusetts conviction for murder in the first degree. Lang contends that his trial counsel's failure to investigate Lang's mental health history constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial...

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