FAIRLEY v. ALLAIN

No. 86-4173.

817 F.2d 306 (1987)

Otis Lee FAIRLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hon. Bill ALLAIN, Governor, State of Mississippi, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted July 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otis Lee Fairley, pro se.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE, and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

The district court dismissed Otis Lee Fairley's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 petition as barred by the statute of limitations. He appeals and we affirm.

In September 1982, a Mississippi state court convicted the appellant of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. He was sent immediately to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. He sought and received an order from Justice Robertson of the Mississippi Supreme Court in May 1983...

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