ADDAI v. SCHMALENBERGER

No. 13-3665.

776 F.3d 528 (2015)

Elijah ADDAI, Petitioner-Appellant v. Robyn SCHMALENBERGER, Warden, North Dakota State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 9, 2015.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elijah Addai, Bismarck, ND, pro se.

Paul Henry Myerchin , Bormann & Myerchin, Bismarck, ND, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Ken R. Sorenson , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office Department, Bismarck, ND, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and BYE, Circuit Judges.


Elijah Addai appeals the district court's1 order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. In his petition, and on appeal, Addai asserts that a brief, consensual courtroom closure during his state court trial violated his Sixth Amendment right to a public trial and that he received ineffective...

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