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THOMAS v. MEKO

No. 14-6227.

828 F.3d 435 (2016)

Yaqob Tafan THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph P. MEKO, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 7, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Neal , University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. James C. Shackelford , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William Neal , Lucille A. Jewel , University of Tennessee College Of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. James C. Shackelford , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: KETHLEDGE, DONALD, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

A Kentucky jury found Yaqob Thomas guilty of murder and evidence-tampering. Thomas filed successive applications in state court for relief from his conviction. When those applications failed, he submitted an application for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The district

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