DOTSON v. CLARK

No. 89-6196.

900 F.2d 77 (1990)

Frederick Leon DOTSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.J. CLARK, Warden, Memphis Federal Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harden King, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., U.S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before MARTIN and BOGGS, Circuit Judges, and ZATKOFF, District Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The sole issue before us is whether a district court's decision granting or denying bail to a prisoner petitioning for habeas corpus relief pending review of the petition is appealable.

In a prior unpublished opinion in this case, this panel ruled that a district court's bail order for a state prisoner whose habeas corpus petition is pending before the district court is not appealable, 887 F.2d 1086. Upon a petition for...

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