The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion filed Thursday that the issues raised by 51-year-old Michael Curtis Reynolds were "meritless." He had alleged insufficient evidence, misstated facts and false testimony, malicious prosecution and lack of a speedy trial.
Reynolds, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in November 2007 after he was convicted of providing material support to terrorists, soliciting a crime of violence and explosives counts.
Reynolds was arrested after authorities said he tried to meet a purported al-Qaida contact near his Idaho motel. He said he had been trying to root out terrorists on the Internet.
