James Robert Cook v. A.L. Lockhart, Director Arkansas Department of Correction

James Robert Cook, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals from the final order of the district court 1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that Cook’s claims were barred because they either had been decided against him in his previous habeas action or should have been raised therein. We affirm.

Cook’s 1983 convictions, as an habitual offender, for kidnapping and aggravated robbery, and 1984 conviction, as an habitual offender, for a different kidnapping were affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Cook v. State, 283…