Kelly Renee Gissendaner v. Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
ED CARNES, Chief-Judge:
Kelly Gissendaner, a Georgia death row inmate, appeals the district court’s dismissal of her 42 U.S.C. § 1988 complaint. Her complaint alleges that her federal due process rights were violated when the warden of the prison where she was housed ordered the prison staff not to speak with Gissendaner’s legal team as they were gathering evidence in support of her application for clemency.
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Gissendaner was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to death for masterminding the brutal murder of her husband. See Gissendaner v. State, 272 Ga. 704, 532 S.E.2d 677, 681-83 (2000).…
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