Opinions of the United 2003 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 5-16-2003 Obado v. State of NJ Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential Docket 02-4080 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2003 Recommended Citation "Obado v. State of NJ" (2003). 2003 Decisions. Paper 552. http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2003/552 This decision is brought to you for free and open access by the Opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at Villanova University School of Law Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2003 Decisions by an authorized administrator of Villanova University School of Law Digital Repository. For more information, please contact Benjamin.Carlson@law.villanova.edu.  PRECEDENTIAL Filed May 16, 2003 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 02-4080 DENNIS OBADO Appellant v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY (D.N.J. Civ. No. 02-cv-2646) Present: BECKER,* Chief Judge, ALDISERT and WEIS, Circuit Judges. (Opinion Filed: May 9, 2003) ORDER AMENDING OPINION The slip opinion in the above case filed May 9, 2003, is amended as follows: 1. On page 4, second full paragraph, line 20, change “(___ ed. ___)” to “(2d ed. Supp. 2003)”. 2. On page 5, first full paragraph, delete the following: “Those cases, however, involve situations where the petitioner sought relief from convictions in federal courts. Here, a state prisoner seeks relief from a state court conviction.” In place of these deleted sentences, insert the following: “We agree with those cases.” * Judge Becker completed his term as Chief Judge on May 4, 2003.  2 By the Court, /s/ Edward R. Becker Circuit Judge DATED: May 16, 2003 A True Copy: Teste: Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit