Dennis Obado v. State of New Jersey

PRECEDENTIAL
Filed May 16, 2003
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No. 02-4080
DENNIS OBADO
Appellant
v.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY; ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
(D.N.J. Civ. No. 02-cv-2646)
Present: BECKER,* Chief Judge, ALDISERT and WEIS,
Circuit Judges.
(Opinion Filed: May 9, 2003)
ORDER AMENDING OPINION
The slip opinion in the above case filed May 9, 2003, is
amended as follows:
1. On page 4, second full paragraph, line 20, change “(___
ed. ___)” to “(2d ed. Supp. 2003)”.
2. On page 5, first full paragraph, delete the following:
“Those cases, however, involve situations where the
petitioner sought relief from convictions in federal
courts. Here, a state prisoner seeks relief from a state
court conviction.” In place of these deleted sentences,
insert the following: “We agree with those cases.”
* Judge Becker completed his term as Chief Judge on May 4, 2003.

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By the Court,
/s/ Edward R. Becker
Circuit Judge
DATED: May 16, 2003
A True Copy:
Teste:
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit
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