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Type
Opinion
Author
Kevin Gafford Ritz
Filed
March 18, 2026
Case
Jordan Danski v. Gary Miniard
Case status
Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 26a0145n.06 Case No. 25-1287 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Mar 18, 2026 ) JORDAN CHRISTOPHER DANSKI, KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) Petitioner - Appellant, ) ) v. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE ) GARY MINIARD, Warden, EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ) Respondent - Appellee. ) OPINION ) ) Before: DAVIS, RITZ, and HERMANDORFER, Circuit Judges. RITZ, Circuit Judge. A Michigan jury convicted Jordan Christopher Danski of crimes relating to a home invasion. The district court denied Danski’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. BACKGROUND I. Facts On June 24, 2015, someone broke into Amy Armstrong’s home in Sterling Heights, Michigan, as Armstrong and her daughter slept. The next morning, Armstrong noticed that the back door was unlocked, despite her locking it the night before; her purse, car keys, and phone were missing from the kitchen counter; the garbage can by the back door was missing; and her white Ford Focus, which contained her knife set, work bag, paperwork, gym bag, clothes, and shoes, was missing from her driveway. That same morning, Armstrong’s paperwork and knives were f…

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