Brown v. Skipper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION DENNIS KELVIN BROWN, Case No. 2:18-cv-11757 Petitioner, HONORABLE STEPHEN J. MURPHY, III v. GREG SKIPPER, Respondent. / OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS Petitioner Dennis Kelvin Brown petitioned the Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF 1. Petitioner, who is proceeding through counsel, challenged his second-degree murder conviction.

Id. at 1. The petition sought relief on the grounds that the trial court erred in denying Petitioner's request for substitute counsel, that trial…