United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 13-1318 JOSEPH E. CORCORAN, Petitioner-Appellant,

v. RON NEAL, Superintendent,* Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division. No. 3:05-CV-389 JD — Jon E. DeGuilio, Judge.

ARGUED NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — DECIDED APRIL 14, 2015

Before BAUER, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges. SYKES, Circuit Judge. In 1997 Joseph Corcoran shot and killed four men at his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A jury

* Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c), we have substi- tuted Ron Neal, Superintendent, for Bill Wilson as the named respondent. 2 No. 13-1318 convicted him of four counts of murder and recommended the death penalty. The trial judge agreed and imposed a death sentence in accordance with the jury’s recommendation. After his appeals in state court had run their course, Corcoran sought federal habeas