Case Name: Giovanni BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. T. POOLE, Superintendent, Gouverneur Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-07-27
Citations: 103 F. App'x 691
Docket Number: Docket No. 03-2295
Parties: Giovanni BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. T. POOLE, Superintendent, Gouverneur Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 103
Pages: 691–691

Head Matter:
Giovanni BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. T. POOLE, Superintendent, Gouverneur Correctional Facility, Respondent-Appellee.
Docket No. 03-2295.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
July 27, 2004.
Kevin F. Casey, The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau (Laura Johnson, on the brief), Brooklyn, NY, for Appellant.
Camille O’Hara Gillespie, Assistant District Attorney, Kings County (Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, on the brief; Leonard Joblove, Victor Barall), Brooklyn, NY, for Appellee, of counsel.
PRESENT: CALABRESI, STRAUB, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner-appellant Giovanni Bell ("Bell") appeals from the April 10, 2003 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Ross, J.), denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner claims that the prosecution violated the strictures of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), by failing to obtain from the Department of Correction ("DOC") a photograph of a co-defendant that could have undermined the identification of Petitioner as the perpetrator of the offense conduct. For substantially the reasons provided by the district court, we cannot conclude that the state court decision finding no Brady violation was contrary to, or unreasonably applied, Brady and its Supreme Court progeny.
Because we also find Petitioner's other claims to be without merit, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.