Stephen West v. Wayne Carpenter

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Stephen West, a Tennessee prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the denial of his motion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6). In September 2004, the district court denied West’s initial habeas corpus petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and we affirmed. West v. Bell, 550 F.3d 542 (6th Cir.2008). West’s Rule 60(b)(6) motion sought to revisit a claim asserting the ineffectiveness of trial counsel due to a conflict of interest, arguing that, under the Supreme Court’s decision in Martinez v. Ryan, — U.S. —, 132 S.Ct.…