Barbour v. Hamm (DEATH PENALTY)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION CHRISTOPHER BARBOUR, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) CIVIL CASE NO. 2:01-cv-612-ECM ) (WO) JOHN HAMM, Commissioner, ) Alabama Department of Corrections, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER I. INTRODUCTION Earlier this year, the Court granted several requests by both parties to conduct discovery on Petitioner Christopher Barbour’s (“Barbour”) claim of actual innocence.1 (See docs. 230, 236, 252, 261, & 278). Then, the Supreme Court decided Shinn v. Ramirez,

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(2022), and Shoop v. Twyford,

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