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Timestamp: 2020-08-15 02:34:15
Document Index: 625463090

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2254', '§ 2254', '§ 2244', '§ 2244', '§ 2244', '§ 2244']

FindACase™ | Newhouse v. Lesatz
Newhouse v. Lesatz
EDWARD GORDON NEWHOUSE, Petitioner,
Petitioner Edward Gordon Newhouse is incarcerated with the Michigan Department of Corrections at Baraga Correctional Facility (AMF) in Baraga, Baraga County, Michigan. Following a jury trial in the Kalamazoo County Circuit Court, Petitioner was convicted of assault with intent to rob while armed, armed robbery, and felony firearm. On August 29, 2016, the state court sentenced Petitioner to 51 to 85 months of imprisonment.
In July 2018, Petitioner filed his first habeas corpus petition, which the Court dismissed without prejudice for failure to exhaust available state-court remedies. See Newhouse v. Lesatz, No. 2:18-cv-82 (W.D. Mich. Oct. 10, 2018).
On April 23, 2019, the Court received Petitioner's second habeas corpus petition. In his latest petition, Petitioner asks the Court to proceed with the twelve grounds for relief identified in his earlier habeas corpus petition. Petitioner contends that he filed a motion for relief from judgment in state court that was denied on April 10, 2019.
Petitioner bears the burden of showing exhaustion. See Rust v. Zent, 17 F.3d 155, 160 (6th Cir. 1994). Petitioner has not exhausted any of his grounds for relief. As he indicated in his previous habeas petition, he did not raise the twelve issues identified in that petition during his direct appeal. Moreover, records from the Michigan appellate courts indicate that he has not appealed the denial of his motion for relief from judgment. Thus, he has not yet presented his issues to the Michigan Court of Appeals or to the Michigan Supreme Court.
An applicant has not exhausted available state remedies if he has the right under state law to raise, by any available procedure, the question presented. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(c). Petitioner has at least one available procedure by which to raise the issues he has presented in this application. He may appeal the circuit court's order denying his motion for relief from judgment. He has six months from the date of the circuit court's order to file a delayed application for leave to appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals. See Mich. Ct. R. 7.203(G)(3). Therefore, the Court concludes that he has at least one available state remedy. To properly exhaust his claim, Petitioner must file an application for leave to appeal in the Michigan Court of Appeals, raising the same twelve grounds for relief that he presented in his motion for relief from judgment in the Kalamazoo County Circuit Court. If his appeal is denied by the Michigan Court of Appeals, he must appeal that decision to the Michigan Supreme Court, raising the same twelve grounds for relief. O'Sullivan, 526 U.S. at 845; Hafley, 902 F.2d at 483 (“‘[P]etitioner cannot be deemed to have exhausted his state court remedies as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) and (c) as to any issue, unless he has presented that issue both to the Michigan Court of Appeals and to the Michigan Supreme Court.'”) (citation omitted).
Petitioner's application is subject to the one-year statute of limitations provided in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). Under that provision, the one-year limitations period runs from “the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review.” 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). Petitioner appealed his conviction to the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court. The Michigan Supreme Court denied his appeal on May 1, 2018. Petitioner did not petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, though the ninety-day period in which he could have sought review in the United States Supreme Court is counted under § 2244(d)(1)(A). See Bronaugh v. Ohio, 235 F.3d 280, 283 (6th Cir. 2000). The ninety-day period expired on Monday, July 30, 2018. Accordingly, absent tolling, Petitioner would have one year, until July 30, 2019, in which to file his habeas petition. Thus, the statute of limitations period has not yet expired.
In addition, if Petitioner timely files an appeal from the denial of his motion for relief from judgment with the Michigan Court of Appeals, and then properly files an appeal with the Michigan Supreme Court after a decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals, the statute of limitations period will remain “tolled” for as long as his appeal is pending in the Michigan appellate courts. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2), the running of the statute of limitations is tolled while “a properly filed application for State post-conviction or other collateral review with respect to the pertinent judgment or claim is pending.” The tolling period starts at the filing of an application for post-conviction relief and runs until a decision is issued by the state supreme court. Lawrence v. Florida, 549 U.S. 327 (2007). The statute is not tolled during the time that a petitioner petitions for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. Id. at 332.
In other words, if Petitioner diligently appeals the denial of his motion for relief from judgment and promptly returns to this Court after the Michigan Supreme Court issues its decision, he is not in danger of running afoul of the statute of limitations. This Court cannot grant Petitioner any relief for his ...