On August 24, 2015, the petitioner filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus in the Sumner County Criminal Court, (ECF No. 18-12 at Page ID## 513-16), which was denied on August 20, 2015 (ECF No. 18-12 at Page ID## 519-20). The petitioner appealed to the TCCA, which denied relief on March 8, 2016. (ECF No. 18-15; see also Cook v. Cook, No. M2015-01886-CCA-R3-HC, 2016 WL 877852, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 8, 2016) ("Cook II").) The petitioner filed an application for permission to the appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which was denied on June 23, 2016. (Id.)