Legal Opinion
Phelps v. U.S. Federal Government
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1994No. Nos. 92-2685, 92-3760PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Coy Ray Phelps, an insanity acquittee, appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus petition and the district court’s grant *737of summary judgment in favor of defendants in his Bivens1 action in these consolidated appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand to the district court for further consideration.
In October 1985, Phelps was charged with making, possessing, and planting pipe bombs at various locations in San Francisco. In July 1986, a jury found Phelps not guilty by reason of insanity on all counts. After conducting a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Baxter v. PalmigianoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
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