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RASHAD v. LAFLER

No. 09-2371.

675 F.3d 564 (2012)

Dwight RASHAD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Blaine LAFLER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Katie N. Steffes , Smietanka, Buckleitner, Steffes & Gezon, Grandville, Michigan, for Appellant. Andrea M. Christensen , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Katie N. Steffes , Smietanka, Buckleitner, Steffes & Gezon, Grandville, Michigan, for Appellant. Andrea M. Christensen , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: MOORE, SUTTON and DONALD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Dwight Rashad, a Michigan prisoner serving a life sentence for possessing more than 650 grams of cocaine, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied the petition. We affirm.

I.

At 9:30 p.m. on September 7, 1988, Dwight Rashad pulled up to his girlfriend's house in suburban Detroit and proceeded inside carrying a black briefcase. As luck would have...

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