James A. Brien v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that permitting the deposition of the attorney accused of being ineffective \was essential\ to resolving an ineffective assistance claim
• holding that “the tactics [the appellant] suggests that his attorney could have pursued appear to be merely hypothetical choices that in reality could not have benefited [the appellant] and were often not in any conflict with. [his attorney’s] other loyalties”
• finding no actual conflict of interest when \the tactics [defendant] suggests that his attorney could have pursued appear to be merely hypothetical choices that in reality could not have benefited [him]\
• refusing to extend Foster and impose broader duty on district courts

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