Thomas Sadler v. Carol Howes

OPINION

DAVID W. McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Thomas Sadler appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus, in which he asserts a violation of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, as well as both the district court’s and the state appellate court’s denial of his request for a post-conviction evidentiary hearing. We affirm.

I

This case arose out of an incident that occurred during the late evening and early morning hours of September 13-14, 1997. Thomas Sadler was driving in Genesee County when he offered a woman walking alongside the road a…