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AMBROSE v. BOOKER

Nos. 11-1430, 10-1247, 09-1539.

684 F.3d 638 (2012)

Joseph AMBROSE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Raymond D. BOOKER, Respondent-Appellant. Gregory Carter, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Blaine Lafler, Respondent-Appellee. Carl Burnie Wellborn, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mary Berghuis, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 28, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: B. Eric Restuccia , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant in 11-1430. Bradley R. Hall , Federal Public Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee in 11-1430. Bradley R. Hall , Federal Public Defender Office, Detroit Michigan, for Appellants in 10-1247 and 09-1539. John S. Pallas , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees in 10-1247 and 09-1539. ON BRIEF: B. Eric Restuccia , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant in 11-1430. Bradley R. Hall , Kenneth R. Sasse , Federal Public Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee in 11-1430. Bradley R. Hall , James R. Gerometta , Federal Public Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants in 10-1247 and 09-1539. John S. Pallas , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees in 10-1247 and 09-1539. Debra M. Gagliardi , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee in 10-1332. Gregory Carter , Manistee, Michigan, pro se.

Before: MERRITT and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and POLSTER, District Judge.

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

These habeas petitions involve the far-reaching effects of an unintentional computer glitch that caused the systematic underrepresentation of African-Americans in the jury pools of Kent County, Michigan. The three petitioners received separate jury trials in Kent County in either 2001 or 2002. At jury selection, the petitioners did not object to the racial composition of their respective jury venires, and were subsequently...

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