William Adams v. Bill Armontrout and William L. Webster

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

William Adams (appellant) appeals from a final order entered in the District Court 1 for the Eastern District of Missouri returning appellant’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition for a writ of habeas corpus because it failed to substantially comply with the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts (1982) (Section 2254 Rules). Appellant argues that the district court should be reversed because his petition substantially complied with the Section 2254 Rules. We affirm the order of the district court.

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In 1986, appellant was convicted by a…