Court Opinion

ID: 9799276
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 06:57:36.957658+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:56.757767
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SHEDD, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I agree with the district court that “[i]n this case, nothing occurred to trigger the presumption of vindictiveness,” because “there was no reversal or similar event ‘prod[ding] the sentencing court into a posture of self-vindication.’ ” Austin v. Plumley, No. 1:11-0892, 2013 WL 1336997, at *5 (S.D.W.Va. March 29, 2013) (quoting Kindred v. Spears, 894 F.2d 1477, 1480 (5th Cir.1990)). Accordingly, I would affirm the district court’s denial of Austin’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition.