Kelly v. McKee

*318ORDER

Bernard Kelly, a Michigan prisoner proceeding pro se, applies for a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In 2005, Kelly was convicted of murdering his three-year old daughter, Stefanie Belue, and shooting her two daycare providers, Sherita Griggs and Annette Rice. A jury convicted Kelly of first-degree murder, assault with the intent to murder, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The trial court sentenced Kelly to life imprisonment without parole for murder…