Howard Thomas v. Stanton Heidle

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 15a0443n.06 No. 13-5414 FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Jun 12, 2015 FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk HOWARD WALTER THOMAS, ) ) Petitioner-Appellant, ) ) v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT STANTON HEIDLE, ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN ) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE Respondent-Appellee. ) ) ) BEFORE: GIBBONS and COOK, Circuit Judges; GWIN, District Judge.* GIBBONS, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined in full, and GWIN, D.J., joined except for Part IV.C. JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. Howard…