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COTTON v. FORDICE

No. 97-60275

157 F.3d 388 (1998)

Jarvious COTTON, et al., Plaintiffs, Keith Brown, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kirk FORDICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Brown, Greenville, MS, pro se.

John Lewis Clay, Special Asst. Atty.. Gen., Jane Lanier Mapp, Jackson, MS, Leonard Charlton Vincent, MS Dept. of Corrections, Parchman, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GARWOOD, JONES and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Keith Brown1 is serving a sentence for armed robbery in a Mississippi state penitentiary. He wants to vote and complains, via a § 1983 suit, that the appellees unconstitutionally disenfranchised him. The Mississippi Constitution denies the ballot to any person "convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or...

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