Austin v. Morgan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL L. AUSTIN, JR., ) Case No. 4:21-cv-209 ) Petitioner, ) Judge J. Philip Calabrese ) v. ) Magistrate Judge ) Carmen E. Henderson WARDEN DONNIE MORGAN, ) ) Respondent. ) ) OPINION AND ORDER A jury found Petitioner Michael L. Austin guilty of four counts of aggravated murder and one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Mr. Austin filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, asserting ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment…