Curtis Williams v. NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO JULIUS WILSON, Warden, M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

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File Name: 08a0689n.06
Filed: November 7, 2008
05-4660
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
CURTIS WILLIAMS, )
)
Petitioner-Appellant, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED
) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
v. ) NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
)
JULIUS WILSON, Warden, ) M E M O R A N D U M
) O P I N I O N
Respondent-Appellee. )
)
BEFORE: NORRIS, ROGERS, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM. Curtis Williams appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas
corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 2001, a jury convicted him of felonious assault upon a police officer
in violation of Ohio Rev. Code § 2903.11. After exhausting his state-court appeals, petitioner
initiated this proceeding. After denying the petition, the district court certified a single issue for
appeal: Whether petitioner’s due process rights were violated when the trial court refused to allow
his mother to testify about events surrounding petitioner’s initial arrest.
Having had the opportunity to review the record, consider the briefs of the parties, and hear
oral argument, we conclude that the district court correctly analyzed the issue certified for appeal in
its Order filed on October 28, 2005, particularly in light of the deference accorded the state court
under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), (2). Because that
Order reflects the thinking of this court, an additional reasoned opinion would serve no useful
purpose.

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The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

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