Johnell Allen v. Carol Howes

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 11a0611n.06 No. 09-1484 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED JOHNELL ALLEN, ) ) Aug 24, 2011 Petitioner-Appellant, ) LEONARD GREEN, Clerk ) v. ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CAROL HOWES, ) MICHIGAN ) Respondent-Appellee. ) Before: SILER, COLE and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges. SILER, Circuit Judge. Johnell Allen appeals the district court’s denial of his

28 U.S.C. § 2254

habeas petition. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM. BACKGROUND Sharon Hunter and her boyfriend John McMullen…