Salyers 422144 v. Burgess

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ______ JOSHUA SALYERS, Petitioner, Case No. 1:21-cv-1047 v. Honorable Paul L. Maloney MICHAEL BURGESS, Respondent. ____________________________/ OPINION This is a habeas corpus action brought by a state prisoner under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner Joshua Salyers is incarcerated with the Michigan Department of Corrections at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility (IBC) in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan. On September 22, 2017, following a four-day jury trial in the Muskegon County Circuit Court, Petitioner was convicted…