Cockrum v. Johnson

ORDER

JUSTICE, District Judge.

I. Introduction

The applicant in the above-entitled and numbered civil action moves for a protective order. A hearing on the motion was held on January 5, 1996, and the parties were given leave to submit post-trial briefs. After considering the briefs and the testimony, both that offered at the hearing and that submitted by deposition, it is found that the motion for protective order should be granted in part and denied in part.

II. Background

Sometime soon after he was sentenced to death, John Cockrum, the applicant in this habeas corpus action, began writing to his…