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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

PINE BLUFF DIVISION 

RODNEY W. RAYBURN 

ADC #165952 

v. No. 5:19-cv-326-DPM 

DEXTER PAYNE, Director, 

Arkansas Division of Correction 

ORDER 

PETITIONER 

RESPONDENT 

The Court adopts the unopposed recommendation, Doc. 13, with 

one modification. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b) (1983 addition to advisory 

committee notes). 

The Court disclaims any reliance on Knewel v. Egan, 268 U.S. 442 

(1925). That case turned on the distinction between claims that could 

be raised on habeas corpus and those that had to be raised by writ of error 

on direct appeal to the Supreme Court in the original case. But the writ 

of error was later abolished. Bradford Electric Light Co. v. Clapper, 284 

U.S. 221,224 n.1 (1931). 

A federal habeas court can now review the sufficiency of an 

indictment or information, but only to determine whether it "provided 

sufficient notice to comply with due process." Johnson v. Trickey, 882 

F.2d 316,320 (8th Cir. 1989). Those "requirements may be satisfied if a 

defendant receives actual notice of the charges against him, even if the 

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indictment or information is deficient." Hulstine v. Morris, 819 F.2d 861, 

864 (8th Cir. 1987) (emphasis original). The record of the pretrial 

hearings makes clear that Rayburn received actual notice of the charges 

he would have to defend against. He therefore can't show prejudice 

from his lawyer's failure to challenge the amended information. This 

claim fails. 

Rayburn's petition will be dismissed with prejudice. No 

certificate of appealability will issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(l)-(2). 

So Ordered. 

D .P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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