FORD v. HALEY

No. 99-10895.

195 F.3d 603 (1999)

Pernell FORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael W. HALEY, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaJuana S. Davis, Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Beth Jackson Hughes, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and HULL, Circuit Judges.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Pernell Ford ("Ford") is an Alabama death row inmate who has filed recurrent requests to dismiss his § 2254 habeas petition, discharge his counsel, and be executed. Ford permitted his counsel, Ms. LaJuana Davis ("Davis"), to file and litigate his habeas petition for two years. However, in 1997, Ford began his quest to dismiss his petition and be executed. On March 31, 1999, the district court found Ford was mentally competent to...

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