Court Opinion

ID: 9795046
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:18:44.979853+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:23:01.335357
License: Public Domain

MARTIN, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I agree in the Majority’s determination that Mr. Ivy’s Confrontation Clause Claim was not exhausted and is now procedurally defaulted. Further, I agree with the Majority’s conclusion that Mr. Ivy has not argued, or attempted to show, cause and prejudice or a miscarriage of justice to excuse his procedural default. Because Mr. Ivy’s unexcused procedural default is sufficient to deny Mr. Ivy’s federal habeas petition, I would affirm the District Court’s denial of the habeas petition on this basis alone.