Conny Moritz v. Blaine Lafler

Filing

OPINION filed: REVERSED and REMANDED. We REVERSE the decision of the district court. Because the district court, having granted Moritz s choice-of-counsel claim, considered it unnecessary to review his other claims and declined to do so, we REMAND Moritz s petition to the district court with instructions to issue a ruling on Moritz s remaining grounds for relief.decision not for publication. Danny J. Boggs, Authoring Circuit Judge; David W. McKeague, Circuit Judge and James G. Carr, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation.

Case: 12-1222

Document: 006111670067

Filed: 04/25/2013

Page: 1

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
100 EAST FIFTH STREET, ROOM 540
POTTER STEWART U.S. COURTHOUSE
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3988

Deborah S. Hunt
Clerk

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www.ca6.uscourts.gov

Filed: April 25, 2013
Ms. Andrea Marion Christensen
Office of the Michigan Attorney General
525 W. Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI 48909
Mr. Bradley R. Hall
Legal Aid & Defender Association
613 Abbott Street
Fifth Floor
Detroit, MI 48226
Mr. Andrew N. Wise
Legal Aid & Defender Association
613 Abbott Street
Fifth Floor
Detroit, MI 48226
Re: Case No. 12-1222, Conny Moritz v. Blaine Lafler
Originating Case No. : 2:07-CV-15369
Dear Counsel:
The Court issued the enclosed (Order/Opinion) today in this case.
Sincerely yours,
s/Benjamin P. Alexander
Case Manager
Direct Dial No. 513-564-7021
cc: Mr. David J. Weaver
Enclosure
Mandate to issue