ORDER
In 1988, a Tennessee jury convicted Benedict Joseph Cook, III, of three counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. He was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment. In December of 1996, Cook filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, but the district court denied the application. Then, in 1999, Cook filed another § 2254 application in the district court. The district court forwarded the application...
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