PORTERFIELD v. BELL

No. 01-5107.

258 F.3d 484 (2001)

Sidney PORTERFIELD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ricky BELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Stebbins, Columbus, OH, William D. Massey, Massey, McClusky & Johnson, Memphis, TN, for petitioner-appellant.

Alice B. Lustre, Gordon W. Smith, Asst. Attorney Gen., Michael E. Moore, Glenn R. Pruden, Paul G. Summers, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for respondent-appellee.

Before: NORRIS E, BATCHELDER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

ALAN E. NORRIS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BATCHELDER, J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 487-88), delivered a separated dissenting opinion.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

In this capital case, the State of Tennessee, representing respondent Ricky Bell, the warden of the Riverbend Maximum Security Facility, has filed a motion to dismiss a number of claims certified as appealable...

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