Smith v. Elo

*312OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Roy Lee Smith, a Michigan prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and moves for appointment of appellate counsel. The district court granted Smith a certificate of appealability as to the following question: whether state prison officials denied Smith his rights under Article 111(a) of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act (“IAD”) by failing to notify Smith that Michigan authorities had filed a detainer against him while he was incarcerated in Florida. Because we…