MICHAEL W. RYAN, PETITIONER—APPELLANT v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, DIRECTOR, STATE OF NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES RESPONDENT—APPELLEE

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 2004-12-13

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MELLOY, Circuit Judge. Petitioner-Appellant Michael W. Ryan, a state prisoner under a sentence of death, appeals the district court’s 1 denial of habe-as relief. On appeal, Ryan argues that ex parte meetings with members of the victims’ families by the state judge who presided over his capital murder trial deprived him…

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