ZINK v. LOMBARDI

No. 14-2220.

783 F.3d 1089 (2015)

David ZINK, Plaintiff-Appellant, Michael S. Worthington; John E. Winfield, Plaintiffs Leon Taylor; Walter T. Storey; Earl Ringo; Roderick Nunley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, John C. Middleton, Plaintiff, Paul T. Goodwin; Andre Cole; Reginald Clemons; Cecil Clayton; Mark Christeson; Russell Bucklew; David Barnett, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Richard Strong; Marcellus S. Williams, Intervenors, v. George A. LOMBARDI; David R. Dormire; Terry Russell; John Does, 2-40, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Luby, Death Penalty Litigation Clinic, Kansas City, MO, argued ( Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, on the brief), for appellants and intervenors.

John William Simon, Constitutional Advocacy, LLC, St. Louis, MO, for appellants Russell Earl Bucklew and Earl Ringo.

Cheryl Ann Pilate, Morgan Pilate LLC, for appellant Russell Earl Bucklew.

Jennifer Herndon, Florissant, MO, for appellants Paul T. Goodwin, Roderick Nunley, Walter T. Storey, and intervenor Richard Strong.

Richard H. Sindel,   Kathryn B. Parish, Sindel Sindel & Noble, P.C., Clayton, MO, for appellants David M. Barnett, Earl Ringo, and David S. Zink.

Michael J. Gorla, St. Louis, MO, for appellants Paul T. Goodwin, Roderick Nunley, and intervenor Richard Strong.

Eric W. Butts, St. Louis, MO, for appellant Mark A. Christeson.

Susan M. Hunt, Kansas City, MO, for appellant Cecil Clayton.

Lowell D. Pearson, Husch Blackwell LLP, Jefferson City, MO, for appellant Reginald Clemons.

Gary E. Brotherton, Legal Writes, LLC, Columbia, MO, for appellant Leon Taylor.

Phillip M. Horwitz, Chesterfield, MO, for appellant Mark A. Christeson.

Kevin L. Schriener, Law & Schriener, LLC, Clayton, MO, for appellant Walter T. Storey.

Jessica E. Sutton, Death Penalty Litigation Clinic, Kansas City, MO, for appellant Andre Cole.

Gino F. Battisti, Foley & Mansfield, PLLP, St. Louis, MO, for appellant Michael Worthington.

Kent E. Gipson, Kansas City, MO, for appellant Michael Worthington and intervenor Marcellus S. Williams.

Shaun J. Mackelprang, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued ( Chris Koster, Atty. Gen., Michael J. Spillane, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellees.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN, LOKEN, MURPHY, BYE, SMITH, COLLOTON, GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges, En Banc.


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