WHITE v. HOWES

No. 08-1458.

586 F.3d 1025 (2009)

Thomas WHITE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Carol R. HOWES, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Brad H. Beaver, Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant. C. Mark Pickrell, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: McKEAGUE and WHITE, Circuit Judges; MARBLEY, District Judge.


OPINION

WHITE, Circuit Judge.

Respondent Carol Howes, Warden of the correctional facility at which Petitioner Thomas White is serving Michigan state court sentences, appeals from the district court's order granting habeas relief. We reverse.

I

This court reviews de novo a district court's decision to grant a writ of habeas corpus, as well as the court's legal conclusions. Ruimveld v. Birkett, 404 F.3d 1006

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