Knox v. Epps

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI WESTERN DIVISION STEVE KNOX PETITIONER V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:13-CV-241-KHJ BURL CAIN, et al. RESPONDENTS ORDER Before the Court is Petitioner Steve Knox’s [62] Motion to Stay the proceedings so that he may exhaust his state-court remedies on certain claims by pursuing a third petition for post-conviction relief in the Mississippi Supreme Court. For the following reasons, the Court denies the motion. I. Background In September 1999, a jury convicted Knox of murdering Ella Mae Spears and sentenced him to death. , 805 So. 2d 527, 529…