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231182P.pdf   02/28/2024  Brent Black  v.  Doris Falkenrath
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  23-1182
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Loken and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Prisoner case - Habeas. Black was not entitled to a Martinez hearing on 
   his unexhausted claim under Shinn v. Ramirez, 596 U.S. 366 (2022) as he 
   could not show trial counsel was ineffective for failing, on this record, 
   to request a lesser-included offense instruction.