NELSON v. SOLEM

No. 85-5436.

795 F.2d 636 (1986)

Lyle E. NELSON, Appellant, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1986.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Schlimgen, Sioux Falls, S.D., for appellant.

Grant Gormley, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Lyle Nelson appeals from the order of the district court1 denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We reject the appeal and affirm.

Nelson is presently serving a seventeen-year sentence for grand theft in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. Nelson's efforts to obtain relief from his conviction have extended over five years. He unsuccessfully...

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