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DANIEL ALBERT NEWMAN,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v.
LINDA METRISH, Warden,
Respondent-Appellant.


No. 07-1782

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 04-74582—Arthur J. Tarnow, District Judge.
Argued: July 24, 2008
Decided and Filed: October 6, 2008
Before: MOORE and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; ALDRICH, District Judge.

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OPINION
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ANN ALDRICH, District Judge. The State of Michigan appeals a judgment granting Daniel Albert Newman’s application for a writ of habeas corpus on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Because there was neither direct nor circumstantial evidence placing Newman at the scene of the crime, we affirm.


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GLYNN LEY; PUBLIC EMPLOYEE’S RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
VISTEON CORPORATION; PETER PESTILLO; MICHAEL JOHNSTON; DANIEL R. COULSON; JAMES PALMER; PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPER, L.L.P,
Defendants-Appellees.


No. 06-2237

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 05-70737—Robert H. Cleland, District Judge.
Argued: July 29, 2008
Decided and Filed: October 6, 2008
Before: ROGERS and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; ADAMS, District Judge.

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AMENDED OPINION
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McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs Glynn Ley and Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) appeal a district court’s grant of Defendants’ Visteon Corporation, Peter Pestillo, Michael Johnston, Daniel R. Coulson, James Palmer, and Pricewaterhousecooper, L.L.P., (“PwC”) (collectively, “Defendants”) motions to dismiss Plaintiffs’ class action securities violation claims. Upon review of the record and the applicable law, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.