Bruce Anderson v. Kenneth Lizotte, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether Petitioner Bruce Anderson's new federal habeas petition, in which he claims to have received ineffective assistance from the court-appointed defense attorney who represented him at his first-degree murder trial in state court, on direct appeal, and in his prior federal habeas petition, is a "second or successive petition," such that it must satisfy the gatekeeping provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("AEDPA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b), for Mr. Anderson to obtain meaningful federal review of his constitutional claim?
Whether a federal habeas petition claiming ineffective assistance of counsel constitutes a 'second or successive petition' under AEDPA's gatekeeping provisions