101931P.pdf   09/09/2011  Jerome Bass  v.  United States
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  10-1931
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Murphy and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
   Prisoner case - habeas. District court erred in granting Bass habeas relief
   on his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; Bass could not suffer
   any prejudice from the lack of a motion in limine to prevent a witness
   from testifying as this court found, on direct appeal, that the evidence of
   Bass's guilt was overwhelming and the exclusion of the witness's
   testimony would not have affected the outcome of the case; the
   government did not improperly vouch for its witnesses during closing
   argument, and counsel could not have been deficient for failing to object
   to the comments.