Edwin Jackson v. Dave Dormire

Edwin Lee Jackson appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition without prejudice for failure to exhaust state remedies, and from the denial of his motion to reconsider. We remand with instructions to allow Jackson to amend his complaint to delete all claims for which he had not instituted state post-conviction proceedings by April 24, 1997.

A Missouri jury convicted Jackson of first degree murder. See Missouri v. Jackson, 789 S.W.2d 801, 801 (Mo.Ct.App. 1990). Jackson appealed from the conviction and from the denial of his post-conviction motion. The Missouri…