Legal Opinion
Hattie Tanner v. Joan Yukins
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 20, 2015No. 12-2114PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaughtrey, J., joined by Donald, J.,
GIBBONS, J. (pp. 444-47), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal reaches us in an unusual posture, following over ten years of litigation in two different actions in federal court that grew out of petitioner Hattie Tanner’s conviction in Michigan state court for first-degree felony murder in 2000. After exhausting her state-level appeals, Tanner filed a habeas corpus petition in *436district court that was denied in November 2005. Proceeding pro se, Tanner’s effort to file a timely notice of appeal was thwarted by guards at the prison…
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3Cited by65 opinions
- United States v. Sontay SmothermanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
- Hattie Tanner v. Joan YukinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
- Lawrence Landrum v. Carl AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
- United States v. Deandre BlackmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
- Dianna Jackson v. Trinity Health-MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
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