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OSAGIEDE v. U.S.

No. 07-1131.

543 F.3d 399 (2008)

Johnbull K. OSAGIEDE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Bailey, Jennifer Plaster Mullin (argued), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Annie L. Owens (argued), Department of Justice Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Johnbull K. Osagiede, a Nigerian national, pleaded guilty to one count of heroin distribution and was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison. On April 25, 2006, he filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Northern District of Illinois. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(a). He claimed, inter alia, that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance...

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