NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 12a0106n.06
No. 09-1843
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
FILED
Jan 31, 2012
MICHAEL TAYLOR, )
) LEONARD GREEN, Clerk
Petitioner-Appellant, )
) ON APPEAL FROM THE
v. ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT
) COURT FOR THE EASTERN
CAROL HOWES, ) DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
)
Respondent-Appellee. )
BEFORE: MARTIN, SUHRHEINRICH and COLE; Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM. Michael Taylor, a Michigan prisoner, appeals from the order of the district
court denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On appeal Taylor
argues that the state trial court’s refusal to declare a mistrial after a witness gave improper testimony
violated his Due Process right to a fair trial and that its application of the sadism sentencing
guidelines deprived him of his Due Process liberty interest. After carefully reviewing the district
court’s opinion, the record, and the applicable law, and having heard oral argument, we are satisfied
that the issues were thoroughly and correctly resolved by the district court. We therefore AFFIRM
the decision of the district court dated May 29, 2009, denying Taylor’s petition for writ of habeas
corpus, for the reasons stated in that opinion.