Jonathan Good v. Mary Berghuis

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Currently serving a state sentence in a Michigan prison, Jonathan Good claims he was convicted based on evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth (and Fourteenth) Amendment. The state trial court denied his motion to suppress without holding an evidentiary hearing, and a state appellate court denied his resulting appeal “for lack of merit in the grounds presented.” People v. Good, No. 302063 (Mich.Ct.App. Feb. 22, 2011). Good asked for a federal writ of habeas corpus, the federal district court declined, and a certificate of appealability issued by one of our…