Case Name: Otuni ODANUYI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Augustus SCOTT, Jr., Warden of Lincoln Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-06-20
Citations: 37 F. App'x 810
Docket Number: No. 01-3997
Parties: Otuni ODANUYI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Augustus SCOTT, Jr., Warden of Lincoln Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 37
Pages: 810–810

Head Matter:
Otuni ODANUYI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Augustus SCOTT, Jr., Warden of Lincoln Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 01-3997.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Argued June 11, 2002.
Decided June 20, 2002.
Before COFFEY, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Otuni Odanuyi, a Nigerian national, was convicted in Illinois state court of narcotics trafficking and possession with intent to deliver more than 400 grams of heroin, for which she received a 24-year prison sentence. She appeals from the district court's denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The facts relevant to this appeal are ably set forth by the district court in its October 31, 2001 memorandum opinion and order, which we attach to this order. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court concluded that Ms. Odanuyi's counsel rendered deficient representation during plea negotiations, at trial, and on appeal. Nevertheless, the district court denied habeas relief because Ms. Odanuyi was not prejudiced by counsel's deficient performance at trial and because she procedurally defaulted her other ineffective assistance claims by failing to present them to the Illinois courts. The district court granted Ms. Odanuyi a certificate of appealability.