RICHARDSON v. THIGPEN

No. 89-7604.

883 F.2d 895 (1989)

Herbert Lee RICHARDSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Stephenson, Alabama Resource Center, Montgomery, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

Ed Carnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH, JOHNSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Herbert Lee Richardson is scheduled to be executed in Alabama at 12:01 A.M. on Friday, August 18, 1989. On the morning of Thursday, August 17, 1989, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama denied Richardson's petition for writ of habeas corpus. This case comes before this Court on motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, for stay of execution, and for certificate of probable cause to appeal. We grant Richardson's motion...

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