ATKINS v. HOLLOWAY

No. 12-6498.

792 F.3d 654 (2015)

Howard ATKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James M. HOLLOWAY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey J. Lauderdale , Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Nicholas W. Spangler , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey J. Lauderdale , Jason J. Blake , Matthew A. Chiricosta , Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Nicholas W. Spangler , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, SILER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Petitioner Howard Atkins appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the following reasons, we reverse in part and affirm in part.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2000, Atkins, who was sixteen at the time, returned...

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