Thomas Allen v. Mike Parris

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 19a0601n.06 Case No. 18-5471 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED THOMAS NATHANIEL ALLEN, ) Dec 09, 2019 DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk ) Petitioner-Appellant, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MIKE PARRIS, ) TENNESSEE ) Respondent-Appellee. ) BEFORE: GUY, BUSH, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. JOHN K. BUSH, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted Thomas “Nat” Allen and two co- defendants of first-degree murder, and he sought a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On appeal,…