Billie McKinney v. Connie Horton

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 20a0509n.06 Case No. 19-1412 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Sep 01, 2020 DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk BILLIE McKINNEY, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN CONNIE HORTON, Warden, ) ) Defendant-Appellee. ) OPINION ) BEFORE: MOORE, CLAY, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges. CLAY, Circuit Judge. Petitioner Billie McKinney appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In 2014, a jury convicted McKinney of…