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SIMMONS v. LOCKHART

No. 86-1177.

931 F.2d 1226 (1991)

Thomas Winford SIMMONS, Appellant, v. A.L. LOCKHART, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1991.

As Amended May 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim H. Birch, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Jack Gillean, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Jim Hunter Birch has applied for attorneys' fees. Mr. Birch was appointed by this Court to represent Thomas Winford Simmons, an indigent federal habeas petitioner who was a death-row inmate in Arkansas. For almost two years Birch discharged his duties as appointed counsel faithfully and effectively. See Simmons v. Lockhart, 856 F.2d 1144 (8th Cir.1988); Simmons v. Lockhart, 915...

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