White v. Howes

OPINION

WHITE, Circuit Judge.

Respondent Carol Howes, Warden of the correctional facility at which Petitioner Thomas White is serving Michigan state court sentences, appeals from the district court’s order granting habeas relief. We reverse.

I

This court reviews de novo a district court’s decision to grant a writ of habeas corpus, as well as the court’s legal conclusions. Ruimveld v. Birkett, 404 F.3d 1006, 1010 (6th Cir.2005); Armstrong v. Morgan, 372 F.3d 778, 781 (6th Cir.2004).

Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), a federal court may not…