Lowell Cochrell v. James Purkett

___________ No. 96-2111 ___________ Lowell Cochrell, * * Petitioner-Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Eastern James Purkett, * District of Missouri. * Respondent-Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: January 17, 1997 Filed: May 7, 1997 ___________ Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, ROSS and BEAM, Circuit Judges. ___________ ROSS, Circuit Judge. Appellant Lowell Cochrell seeks reversal of the district court's1 denial of his habeas corpus petition on the ground that his claim was barred as successive and that he failed to demonstrate cause to excuse the…