UNITED STATES v. BLANKENSHIP

No. 20-6330.

19 F.4th 685 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald L. BLANKENSHIP, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James McCall Cagle , Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant. Thomas Ernest Booth , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Nicholas L. McQuaid , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Robert A. Zink , Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge DIAZ and Judge QUATTLEBAUM joined.


In this proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Donald Blankenship seeks to vacate his conviction for conspiring to willfully violate coal mine safety standards, alleging that the federal prosecutors violated his due process rights in failing to produce documents favorable to him...

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