CASE PREVIEW · United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Scott v Tanner
Unexhausted Habeas Claims and Stay After Resentencing
Decided
The citation
Scott v Tanner, opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, issued November 2, 2026 (Case No. 2:26-cv-10209)
From the case summary
Ronald Scott filed a pro se § 2254 petition in January 2026 challenging his two Michigan first-degree criminal sexual conduct convictions. A state appellate court had ordered resentencing; the state court resentenced him that August. The respondent moved to dismiss for failure to exhaust, and…
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