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YOUNG v. PUCKETT

No. 89-4211.

917 F.2d 869 (1990)

Jerry Lynn YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Steve W. PUCKETT, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prof. Henry Gabriel (Court-appointed) New Orleans, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Jerry Lynn Young, pro se.

JoAnne M. McLeod, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent-appellee.

Before POLITZ, KING and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal addresses whether a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is successive under Rule 9(b) of the Rules Governing 28 U.S.C. § 2254 cases. Appellant asserts that his petition is not successive because the law and the surrounding circumstances have changed since he filed his previous petition. Because we find that our recent disposition of Young v. Herring, 917 F.2d 858, works a...

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