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RAILEY v. WEBB

No. 06-5806.

540 F.3d 393 (2008)

Ricky Dale RAILEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patti WEBB, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David A. Nenni, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Michael L. Harned II, Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: David A. Nenni, Michael J. Newman, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Michael L. Harned II, Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BUNNING, D. J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 418-28), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Ricky Dale Railey appeals the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. Railey argues that judicial bias, ineffective assistance of trial counsel, and his invalid plea of guilty warrant reversal of the district court's decision. We disagree and affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

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