Kenneth Wayne Magouirk v. Michael Phillips, Warden, Winn Correctional Center and Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, State of Louisiana

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1998-06-18

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DeMOSS, Circuit Judge: Kenneth Wayne Magouirk appeals from the district court’s order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief. Magouirk raised five claims for federal review. The district court, acting on the recommendation of a Magistrate Judge who raised Magouirk’s procedural default of three claims sua sponte, applied Magouirk’s default to bar federal litigat…

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