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Nathaniel Griggs v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Nathaniel Griggs v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, 591 F. App'x 921 (11th Cir. 2015)
Tjoflat, Wilson, Edmondson

Nathaniel Griggs v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Nathaniel Griggs appeals the dismissal of his pro se 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition raising four claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Given our instructions set out in Clisby v. Jones, 960 F.2d 925 (11th Cir. 1992), the district court committed a Clisby error by not addressing two ineffective assistance claims raised in an amendment to Griggs’s petition. Accordingly, we vacate the dismissal of Griggs’s petition, without prejudice, and remand for further proceedings.

VACATED AND REMANDED.

Reference

Full Case Name
Nathaniel GRIGGS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, Et Al., Respondents, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, Warden, Respondents-Appellees
Status
Unpublished
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