Legal Opinion

Maurice Purnell v. Missouri Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 1, 1985No. 84-1150Published

1Opinion of the Court

753 F.2d 703

Maurice PURNELL, Appellant,

v.

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Appellees.

No. 84-1150.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Sept. 10, 1984.

Decided Feb. 1, 1985.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Rosalynn Van Heest, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellees.

F. Vincent Vatterott, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Before BRIGHT, JOHN R. GIBSON and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

1

Maurice Purnell appeals from denial of his petition for habeas corpus brought under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 (1982). The district court dismissed the petition because…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Bright; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Fagg.

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Hilton v. GuyotSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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