WOOLBRIGHT v. CREWS

No. 13-6115.

791 F.3d 628 (2015)

Gary R. WOOLBRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Cookie CREWS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Edmund S. Sauer, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. James C. Shackelford, Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Edmund S. Sauer, Jessica Jernigan-Johnson, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. James C. Shackelford, Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: SILER, ROGERS, and COOK, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Petitioner Gary Woolbright appeals the district court's denial of the ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel (IATC) claims contained in Woolbright's federal habeas petition. For the reasons stated below, we DENY the Warden's motion to vacate the certificate of appealability, AFFIRM IN PART...

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