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· 5/9/1994

Blanche Elizabeth Dyer v. United States

Citations

  • 23 F.3d 1424
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 10193
  • 1994 WL 171333

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel fails when premised on counsel’s alleged failure to pursue meritless argument
  • stating that claims regarding time credits concern the execution of a sentence and must be brought under § 2241 in the district of confinement
  • \Dyer's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel fail because we have just rejected as meritless the claim Dyer asserts counsel should have pursued.\
  • no ineffective assistance if claim defendant alleges counsel should have pursued is meritless
  • counsel&s failure to raise meritless issue is not ineffective assistance
  • counsel not ineffective for failing to raise meritless challenge

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Judges: Memillian, Magill, Beam

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