Maxwell v. Winn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MONTEZ MAXWELL, Petitioner, CASE NO. 2:20-CV-11141 v. HON. NANCY G. EDMUNDS SHERMAN CAMPBELL, Respondent.1 __________________________________/ OPINION & ORDER DENYING THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, & DENYING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON APPEAL I. Introduction This is a pro se habeas case brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Michigan prisoner Montez Maxwell (“Petitioner”) was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder,

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