United States v. Damon Keith Fisher

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• holding that counsel’s failure to raise meritless issue in underlying criminal case did not constitute ineffective assistance
• concluding that “[a]lthough we must liberally construe Defendant’s pro se petition, we are not required to fashion Defendant’s arguments for him where his allegations are merely conclusory in nature and without supporting factual averments.”
• noting that “we are not required to fashion [a pro se litigant’s] arguments for him [or her]”
• noting that courts \are not required to fashion Defendant's arguments for him where his allegations are merely conclusory in nature and without supporting factual averments\
• finding that a petitioner failed to state a valid ineffective assistance of counsel claim when his “allegations [were] merely conclusory in nature and without supporting factual averments.”
• noting that, even with a pro se litigant, “we are not required to fashion Defendant’s arguments for him where his allegations are merely conclusory in nature and without supporting factual averments”

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