Alley v. Bell

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

Sedley Alley was convicted in 1987 by a Shelby County, Tennessee jury of kidnaping, rape, and first-degree murder. He is on death row. His habeas petition was denied by the district court, and that decision was affirmed by this panel. Alley v. Bell, 101 F.Supp.2d 588 (W.D.Tenn. Jan.18, 2000), aff'd, 307 F.3d 380 (6th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 839, 124 S.Ct. 99, 157 L.Ed.2d 72 (2003).

In October 2003, Alley sought relief from the district court’s denial of habeas through a filing that he styled a motion made pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b). The district court stayed…