Monday, December 1st, 2008

DAlaska: Legal Malpractice by Appellate Counsel in Habeas Action

A visiting federal judge (Robert Bryan, from Tacoma, Washington) has dismissed a legal malpractice claim filed by a convicted felon (threatening a federal judge) against his court-appointed counsel on the appeal from his dismissed habeas claim.  The judge held that, under Alaska law, the same prerequisite applies to claims of post-conviction malpractice as applies to claims of malpratice during […]