McDONALD v. CARNAHAN

No. 97-3486.

125 F.3d 652 (1997)

Samuel Lee McDONALD, Appellant, Charles W. Armentrout, III, Plaintiff, v. Mel CARNAHAN; Jay Nixon; Duane Benton, Chief Justice, Missouri State Supreme Court; Dora Schriro; Michael Bowersox, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Lee McDonald, pro se.

Stephen David Hawke, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, WOLLMAN, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Samuel Lee McDonald is a Missouri state prisoner scheduled to be executed on September 24, 1997, at 12:01 a.m. for the capital murder of off-duty police officer Robert Jordan. On September 17, 1997, McDonald filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging provisions of the Missouri Prison Litigation Reform Act, 1997 Mo. Legis. Serv. S.B. No. 56 (Vernon's) (Missouri PLRA), and the Department of Corrections...

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