RHODEN v. CAMPBELL

No. 98-5088.

153 F.3d 773 (1998)

Lawtis Donald RHODEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donal CAMPBELL, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Corrections; Charles B. Bass, Assistant Commissioner, T.D.O.C.; David G. Mills, Warden, Turney Center Prison; David Westbrooks, Sgt.; Bruce Coates; Eric Hardison, Sgt.; Billy Hunnicut; Al Watzlavick; Terrance Deak; Valerie Worley; Michael Roberts, Cpl., in Their Individual and Official Capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

August 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Barrett, Phillip A. Purcell, James B. Lewis, Barrett, Johnston & Parsley, Nashville, TN, for Plantiff-Appellant.

Mark A. Hudson, Asst.Atty.Gen., Kimberly J. Dean, Dep.Atty.Gen., Office of Atty.Gen., Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, KENNEDY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

This matter is before the court upon consideration of the appellant's response to this court's order directing him to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction on the basis of a late notice of appeal. Counsel for the appellant responded stating that he sought and was granted extensions of time by the district court; that this court has jurisdiction pursuant to the "unique circumstances" doctrine of Thompson v. INS, ...

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