Legal Opinion
Joel Dufresne v. Carmen Palmer
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2017No. 17-1340PublishedCited by 284 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
Joel Nathan Dufresne, a Michigan prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dufresne has filed a notice of appeal, which this court construes as an application for a certifícate of appeal-ability. See Fed. R. App. P. 22(b)(2).
In 2006, a jury convicted Dufresne of three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (“CSC”) and six counts of third-degree CSC. The convictions were based upon sexual acts that Dufresne committed against his then-girlfriend, Angela Wiertal-la, with…
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