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COOK v. LOCKHART

No. 88-2705.

878 F.2d 220 (1989)

James Robert COOK, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1989.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janie W. McFarlin, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

David Eberhard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

James Robert Cook, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals from the final order of the district court1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that Cook's claims were barred because they either had been decided against him in his previous habeas action or should have been raised therein. We affirm.

Cook's 1983 convictions, as an habitual offender,...

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