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163822P.pdf 02/01/2018 James Daniels, Jr. v. Wendy Kelley
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-3822
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Prisoner case - Habeas. The state trial court's decision to deny Daniels'
motion for a continuance to retain counsel of his choice was not an
unreasonable ruling or an abuse of the trial court's discretion; without
an identified counsel of choice and a proposed trial date, the benefits of
a continuance were too speculative to show the denial of a clearly
established right. Judge Kelly, dissenting.