Ugbe Ojile v. Shelbie Smith

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 19a0306n.06 No. 17-4063 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Jun 14, 2019 UGBE OJILE, ) DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk ) Petitioner-Appellant, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE ) SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SHELBIE SMITH, Warden, ) OHIO ) Respondent-Appellee. ) ) Before: MERRITT and LARSEN, Circuit Judges.1 LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Ugbe Ojile appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Ojile, along with his co-defendant Kenyatta Erkins, was convicted of a litany of…