WEST v. CARPENTER

No. 13-6358.

790 F.3d 693 (2015)

Stephen Michael WEST, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wayne CARPENTER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen Ferrell , Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Andrew C. Coulam , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stephen Ferrell , Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Andrew C. Coulam , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, MOORE, and COOK, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Stephen West, a Tennessee prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the denial of his motion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6). In September 2004, the district court denied West's initial habeas corpus petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and we affirmed...

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