Smith v. King

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION HENRY SMITH, Petitioner, Case No. 18-12070 Honorable Laurie J. Michelson v. CHRIS KING, warden, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER DENYING SMITH’S AMENDED HABEAS PETITION [17], MOTION FOR SANCTIONS, [25] AND MOTION FOR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING [26] In December 2013, Matthew Ridley traveled to a vacant Detroit house with a man he knew as “Buddy.” The plan was to check out the house and see if it would be a good location to sell drugs. But shortly after the pair entered, Buddy shot Ridley in the back of the head. Wounded,…