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SCOTT ALLEN DEBRUYN, v. ADAM DOUGLAS, Warden

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 4, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Daniel S. Harawa, Zoe Chang, Matthew Grossman, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, New York, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: Jared D. Schultz, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Daniel S. Harawa, Zoe Chang, Matthew Grossman, Adam Murphy, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, New York, Stuart Gary Friedman, Southfield, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Jared D. Schultz, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Judge(s): THAPAR, READLER, and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Flint

READLER, Circuit Judge. A Michigan state jury convicted Scott Allen DeBruyn of delivering oxycodone to his friend, causing her death. Following the verdict, DeBruyn filed a motion for a new trial claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The state courts denied his claims on the merits. He then petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court, renewing the same claims. The district court denied his petition. Because DeBruyn cannot surmount the requirements in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, we affirm.

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