Messenger v. King

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JASON MESSENGER, Petitioner, Case No. 22-11421 v. Hon. F. Kay Behm CHRIS KING, Respondent. / OPINION AND ORDER DENYING THE HABEAS PETITION, AN EVIDENTARY HEARING, A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, AND LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON APPEAL I. Introduction Michigan prisoner Jason Messenger (“Petitioner”), through counsel, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 2254. Petitioner was convicted of three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (“CSC 1”),

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