Ellen v. Christiansen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION FERNANDUS CORTEZ ELLEN, Petitioner, Case No. 2:20-cv-11418 Honorable Sean F. Cox v. JOHN CHRISTIANSEN, Respondent. ________________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL [ECF NO. 3], DENYING THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, DECLINING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, AND DENYING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON APPEAL Fernandus Cortez Ellen, a Michigan state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In…