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BENTON v. BREWER

No. 18-1869.

942 F.3d 305 (2019)

Allanah T. BENTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Shawn BREWER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 6, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Anna R. Rapa , Mears, Michigan, for Appellant.

Jared D. Schultz , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Jared D. Schultz , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Allanah Benton, Ypsilanti, Michigan, pro se.

Before: CLAY, THAPAR, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Allanah Benton alleges that her defense attorney's bad advice made her pass up a favorable plea deal. But she did not timely raise her claim and has not offered a good excuse for not raising it. Thus, she cannot obtain federal habeas relief. We affirm.

I.

Benton is a former schoolteacher...

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