Alton Waye v. Sherman L. Townley, Warden

Alton Waye, a Virginia death row inmate, moves for a stay of execution pending his appeal of the denial by the district court of his motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) for relief from the judgment previously entered in this case denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Waye was granted a certificate of probable cause to appeal. Due to the exigent nature of this matter, we began immediate consideration of Waye’s contentions upon receipt of the papers simultaneously filed with this court and with the district court beginning on July 18, 1989. We have carefully…