The following excerpt is from Peck v. Bullard, No. 2:15-cv-2244 KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Moreover, even if plaintiff could amend his complaint to assert a violation of his federal constitutional right to due process, which guarantees effective assistance of counsel on appeal of a state court criminal judgment,1 see Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 391-405 (1985), his claims
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