Legal Opinion
Whitmore v. Gaines
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1994No. 94-2142PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Jonas H. Whitmore appeals the district court’s1 order dismissing his complaint brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and denying his request for a temporary restraining order. Whitmore contends that the district court erred in concluding that his complaint failed to state the violation of a constitutional right. We affirm.
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Whitmore is an Arkansas inmate on death row, scheduled to be executed by lethal injection by the State of Arkansas on May 11, 1994. In 1986, Whitmore was convicted of capital murder for stabbing to death Essie Mae Black, a 62-year-old woman. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Connecticut Board of Pardons v. DumschatSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Harold Lamont Otey v. Frank X. Hopkins, Warden of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Jonas H. Whitmore v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Whitmore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Whitmore v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Frederick Pennington, Jr. v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Wainwright v. BrownleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Perry v. BrownleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Perry v. MorganCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Whitmore v. GainesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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