Harold Lamont Otey v. Frank X. Hopkins, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex

972 F.2d 210

Harold Lamont OTEY, Appellee,

v.

Frank X. HOPKINS, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and

Correctional Complex, Appellant.

No. 92-2733.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Aug. 4, 1992.

Decided Aug. 4, 1992.

James R. Mowbray and Dorothy A. Walker, Lincoln, Neb., argued, for appellant.

J. Kirk Brown and Donald Andrew Kohtz, Lincoln, Neb., argued, for appellee.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, BOWMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

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Harold Otey is scheduled for execution August 6, 1992, and the district court1 has stayed execution to permit consideration of a…