Legal Opinion
Edward R. Byrne, Jr. v. Charles Roemer, William J. Guste, Jr., Cecil P. Campbell Ii, Robert Hilton Butler, and Bruce N. Lynn
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1988No. 88-4399PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Edward R. Byrne, Jr. moves this court for a stay of execution pending his appeal of a federal district court’s decision to deny him an injunction in a section 1983 action. In his section 1983 action, Byrne challenged the constitutional validity of a Louisiana statute which, when applied to him, requires that he be executed before the time expires in which he can seek review in the United States Supreme Court of an earlier decision from this court; in that earlier decision, we denied Byrne’s request for a certificate of probable cause to appeal from a district court’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Brennan v. StewartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- State v. ByrneSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Byrne v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by21 opinions
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