John WALTERS, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Michael MARTIN, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee, and
John T. Murphy, Respondent.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Supporting Appellant.
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Argued: September 23, 2021.
Decided: November 18, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Madison Mischik , UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Athens, Georgia, for Appellant. Michael Ray Williams , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Thomas V. Burch , Anna W. Howard , Sloane S. Kyrazis , Third-Year Law Student, Emily C. Snow , Third-Year Law Student, Appellate Litigation Clinic, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW, Athens, Georgia, for Appellant. Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, Lindsay S. See , Solicitor General, Thomas T. Lampman , Assistant Solicitor General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best , Vice-Chair Amicus Committee, Columbia, South Carolina, David B. Smith , Vice-Chair Amicus Committee, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS, Alexandria, Virginia; Ruthanne M. Deutsch , Hyland Hunt, DEUTSCH HUNT PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge NIEMEYER joined.
AGEE, Circuit Judge:
John Walters appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We granted a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") on one issue: counsel's failure to timely relay a favorable plea offer to Walters. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253. For the following reasons...
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