Warren English v. Mary Berghuis

BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Warren Edward English III ("English") appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition in connection with his conviction by a Michigan jury of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Before this Court in the present appeal is a single substantive issue: whether English's Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury was violated as a result of a juror's failure to disclose her own sexual assault on voir dire. There is also a threshold procedural issue: the proper standard of review.

I. Background of the Case

In…