Legal Opinion
Jarrhod Williams v. DeWayne Burton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 9, 2017No. 16-1687UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge.
Jarrhod Williams (“Williams”)) a Michigan prisoner proceeding through counsel, appeals a district court judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, Williams primarily raised claims of ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), and also requested an evidentiary hearing. The district court denied the petition on the merits, but granted a Certificate of Ap-pealability on the issue of whether an evi-dentiary hearing should be…
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