CORDER v. ROGERSON

No. 98-4071.

192 F.3d 1165 (1999)

James Steven CORDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rusty ROGERSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Pazdernik, Cedar Rapids, IA, argued, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mary Tabor, Des Moines, IA, argued, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, District Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Iowa inmate James Steven Corder is serving a life sentence for killing his stepmother and burning their family residence when he was sixteen years old. Corder was tried as an adult and convicted of murder and arson after an Iowa juvenile court granted the State's motion to waive jurisdiction. On March 22, 1997, Corder delivered a petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus to prison officials for mailing to the district court. The petition was...

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