Mark A. Hopkinson v. Duane Shillinger, and the Attorney General of the State of Wyoming

LOGAN, Circuit Judge,

delivering the opinion of the Court as to Parts I through VII.

I

Mark A. Hopkinson appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he chal*1192lenged his convictions for first-degree murder and his sentence of death, Hopkinson v. Shillinger, 645 F.Supp. 374 (D.Wyo.1986) (Hopkinson VIII), and the summary denial of his motion to compel disclosure of certain FBI files, filed pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. The district court denied Hopkin-son’s motions for reconsideration. Hopkinson v. Shillinger, 648 F.Supp. 141…