Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit September 17, 2004, No. 02-5659 (Covington v. Mills)

NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus. The question presented is whether the district court committed reversible error when, in 2002, it dismissed a group of eight ineffective assistance claims on the ground that the claims had been procedurally defaulted.

Under our 2003 decision in Adams v. Holland, 330 F.3d 398 (6th Cir.2003), cert. denied, — U.S.