Faqua v. Skipper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION DEZMEN FAQUA, Petitioner, Case No. 2:19-cv-10935 Hon. Mark A. Goldsmith v. GREGORY SKIPPER, Respondent. ___________________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER (1) DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, (2) GRANTING PETITIONER’S MOTION TO AMEND PETITION, AND (3) DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Dezmen Faqua, (“Petitioner”), a Michigan prisoner, filed this action under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted after a bench trial in the Wayne Circuit Court of second-degree murder,

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