Kurt Smith v. Cookie Crews

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 18a0249n.06 No. 14-5994 UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT May 23, 2018 DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk KURT ROBERT SMITH, ) ) Petitioner-Appellant ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN ) DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY COOKIE CREWS, Warden, ) ) OPINION Respondent-Appellee. ) ) BEFORE: WHITE and STRANCH, Circuit Judges; MICHELSON, District Judge. JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. Kurt Robert Smith, a Kentucky prisoner represented by counsel, petitions the court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.…