KOLOCOTRONIS v. HOLCOMB

No. 90-1500EM.

925 F.2d 278 (1991)

Cyril Athana KOLOCOTRONIS, Appellant, v. William HOLCOMB, Superintendent, Fulton State Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyril Athana Kolocotronis, pro se.

Carol Lewis Iles, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Cyril Athana Kolocotronis appeals pro se the District Court's order dismissing, without prejudice, his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for failure to exhaust state remedies. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On February 11, 1960, Kolocotronis was found not guilty, by reason of insanity, of assault with intent to ravish and was committed to the State Hospital in Fulton, Missouri. On April 29, 1989, he filed this petition for...

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