LAWRENCE v. 48TH DIST. COURT

No. 07-1094.

560 F.3d 475 (2009)

Frank J. LAWRENCE, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. 48TH DISTRICT COURT, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Edward J. Christensen, Law Office, East Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Michael L. Updike, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Hampton, Truex & Morley, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Edward J. Christensen, Law Office, East Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. Mark S. Roberts, William P. Hampton, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Hampton, Truex & Morley, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Appellee.

KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BATCHELDER, J., joined. THAPAR, D.J. (p. 485), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Frank J. Lawrence, Jr., filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus1 in federal district court after the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Township, Michigan convicted him of interference with a police officer in the discharge of his duties.2 The district court denied Lawrence's petition. For the reasons that follow, we affirm...

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