She filed an application for leave to appeal in the Michigan Supreme Court, which was denied on October 31, 2017. People v. Strong, 501 Mich. 907, 902 N.W.2d 616 (2017) (table). Strong filed a timely petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which she raised a single issue: the sentence in this case is disproportionate.