Robert Williams v. Frank Hopkins

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 97-4088 ___________ Robert E. Williams, * * Plaintiff-Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * District of Nebraska. * Frank X. Hopkins, Individually * and in his capacity as Warden of * the Nebraska State Penitentiary, * * Defendant-Appellee. ___________ Submitted: November 28, 1997 Filed: November 28, 1997 ___________ Before HANSEN, FLOYD R. GIBSON, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________ HANSEN, Circuit Judge. Robert E. Williams, a Nebraska prisoner sentenced to die by…