Alward v. 22nd Circuit Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MATTHEW KEITH ALWARD, Petitioner, Case No. 24-cv-13109 v. Honorable Robert J. White 22ND CIRCUIT COURT, et al., Respondents. OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND DECLINING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPELABILITY I. Introduction Matthew Alward is currently incarcerated with the Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland (FCI-Cumberland). He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging a state court sentence…