In re Pervis Payne

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Case No. 17-6390 File Name: 18a0067n.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Feb 08, 2018 ) DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk ) In re: PERVIS T. PAYNE, ) ) ORDER Movant. ) ) ) Before: ROGERS, SUTTON, and COOK, Circuit Judges. Pervis Payne, a Tennessee prisoner sentenced to death, moves this court for leave to file a successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

in the district court. The warden has filed a response opposing his motion. Upon review, we deny Payne’s motion. In 1988, a Tennessee jury convicted Payne of…