Andrew Thomas v. United States

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Andrew Lee Thomas, Jr. appeals the district court’s order denying his habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for relief from his federal court conviction. This case is a companion to Andrew L. Thomas v. Westbrooks, No. 15-5399, 849 F.3d 659, 2017 WL 727151 (6th Cir. Feb. 24, 2017), which addresses Thomas’s habeas petition for relief from his state court conviction and sentence of death. These cases, while addressing similar facts, are different because the state case arises primarily from a violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct.…