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ABDUS-SAMAD v. BELL

No. 03-6404.

420 F.3d 614 (2005)

Mika'eel Abdullah ABDUS-SAMAD, formerly known as Michael J. Boyd, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ricky BELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Hutton, Glankler Brown, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer L. Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert L. Hutton, John T. Moses, Glankler Brown, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer L. Smith, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: COLE, GILMAN, and COOK, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Mika'eel Abdullah Abdus-Samad (formerly known as Michael J. Boyd), a Tennessee inmate sentenced to death following his 1986 jury conviction for first-degree felony murder, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Warden Ricky Bell on Abdus-Samad's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A certificate of appealability was granted on six claims. These six claims, as well as a request for an evidentiary hearing, are...

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