Smith v. Douglas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION ERROL O. SMITH, # 333785 Petitioner, Civil No. 2:20-CV-12975 v. HON. BERNARD A. FRIEDMAN ADAM DOUGLAS, Respondent. ______________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER DENYING THE PETITION AND AMENDED PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS (ECF NOS. 1, 14), DECLINING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY, GRANTING LEAVE TO APPEAL IN FORMA PAUPERIS, AND DENYING THE MOTION FOR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING AND REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL (ECF NO. 16) Errol O. Smith, (“Petitioner”), confined at the Saginaw Correctional…